Interesting thread
I did wonder when I placed the lightships whether they would all have been darkened in wartime but seemed not so
Lightship Spurn -
1939-1945 during Second World War the lightship was moved to the Middle Humber position, marking the boom across the river
http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIF...V12/lv12gb.htm
Lightvessel No94 -
1939-1980 Shipwash and Morecombe Bay station
http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIF...V94/lv94gb.htm
Petrel -
30.08.40-11.08.45 Station South Rock
http://www.feuerschiffseite.de/SCHIF...l/petrelgb.htm
Brenton Reef - 1935-1962: LV-102 / WAL-525
Columbia River - 1939-1951: LV-93 / WAL-517
Handkerchief Shoal - 1930-1951: LV-98 / WAL-521
( WAL-521 - (1942-1945 During WWII, remained on Handkerchief station; no armament provided) - http://www.uscglightshipsailors.org/..._98_wal521.htm )
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/...ion_Index.html
So there were lightships still alight for navigation purposes
I imagine similar with lighthouses
Quote:
The blackout?
Agnes: In the late afternoon when it was still light, you had to pull you curtains closed. They were made from special heavy blackout material. There was no point in doing the blackout where I lived, because we were on the coast, and there was a huge lighthouse on the cliff that would light up the whole town every two minutes, showing us to the enemy. The lighthouse was never turned off because the incoming boats needed it to see. We still had to do the blackout though, because it was the law.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/s...a4264427.shtml