Calshot Spit Lightship
Between 1988 and 2010, the entrance to Ocean Village marina was the location for the former Calshot Spit Lightship (LV 78), which formed a static attraction at the marina. The lightship was removed on November 3, 2010 and taken to be restored at Trafalgar Dry Dock. The lightship will become a 'gateway attraction' at a new heritage museum called Aeronautica.
This Trinity House navigation aid guided ships entering Southampton Water from the western end of the Solent, coming around the low lying sand and shingle Calshot Spit. It was built in 1914 by J I Thornycroft shipyard in Southampton, and decommissioned in 1978.
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