Lightship to house maritime and offshore radio exhibits

Essex could get have an Offshore Radio exhibit on the LV18 lightship in Harwich Quay.

Tendring Council has agreed the LV18, the last manned lightship, can be permanently moored at Harwich Quay as a tourist attraction. The Pharos Trust hopes to have the ship open to the public by the summer.

The planning application included proposals for the ship to have exhibits on maritime and offshore radio history. It is understood that these may include exhibits currently at the offshore radio exhibition in the reception area of the National Wireless and Television Museum at the High Lighthouse.

The National Wireless and Television Museum
http://www.harwich.net/natwire.htm

The Pharos Trust LV18 Planning Statement PDF
http://idox.tendringdc.gov.uk./WAM/doc/Report-295645.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=295645&location
=VOLUME1&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=13

Council Planning Application docs
http://idox.tendringdc.gov.uk./WAM/showCaseFile.do?
appName=planning&appNumber=09/01197/FUL

Council Decision
http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BD2FC189-
D065-464D-A909-D8971F5B4E50/8127/decs97.pdf

Gazette News
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4877763.
Lightship_gets_go_ahead_to_drop_anchor/

Pirate BBC Essex returns
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2007/
pirate_bbc_essex.htm

Pirate BBC Essex 2009 - video
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2009/
pirate_bbc_essex_video.htm

Thanks to Mike Barraclough for spottting this