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Hargreaves, originally from Lancashire, spent 16 years on lighthouses and lightships before taking voluntary redundancy in 1988 and becoming a security guard.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020

Down on merchantmen, trawlers, fishermen, lightships they swooped.

From Time Magazine Archive

All lighthouses and lightships except one were blacked out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Belgian lightships must be withdrawn from Dutch territory to facilitate maintenance of its neutrality.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

The roadstead is indicated by lightships and the entrance channel to the port by a lighthouse which, at an altitude of 193 ft., is visible at a distance of 19 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various