Dates and positions of all the Dutch Lightessels
Noord Hinder Station Archive
Crew of the Dutch Lightvessels
 
Name Start End Latitude (N) Longitude (E) Water depth Distance from shore
Doggersbank Noord
(war position)
 22 Feb 1917 12 Mar 1917 55° 12.0' 004° 28.0'    
Doggersbank Noord
(war position)		 13 Mar 1917 2 Aug 1917 55° 59.5' 005° 24.1'    
Doggersbank Noord
(war position)		 2 Aug 1917 22 Jul 1917 56° 00.0' 005° 00.0'    
Doggersbank Zuid
(war position)		 10 Mar 1917 2 Aug 1917 54° 45.3' 004° 15.5'    
Doggersbank Zuid
(war position)		 2 Aug 1917 14 Jun 1918 54° 47.0' 004° 08.5'    
Doggersbank Zuid
(war position)		 14 Jun 1918 26 Jul 1921 54° 45.0' 003° 58.5'    
Goeree 8 Jul 1946 13 Apr 1950 51° 52.5' 003° 38.5'   9 nm
Goeree 13 Apr 1950 10 Jan 1952 51° 52.3' 003° 34.5'   11 nm
Goeree 11 Jan 1952 19 May 1953 51° 52.7' 003° 35.4'   11 nm
Goeree 19 May 1953 1 Aug 1955 51° 55.0' 003° 40.0'   10 nm
Goeree 1 Aug 1955 30 Nov 1962 51° 55.8' 003° 39.7'   10 nm
Goeree 1 Dec 1962 14 Sep 1971 51° 55.0' 003° 39.0' 22 m (1) 10 nm
Haaks 2 Mar 1890 6 Aug 1914 52° 57.8' 004° 18.3'   14 nm
Haaks 6 Aug 1917 2 Jan 1918 53° 00.0' 004° 05.0'   23 nm
Haaks 2 Jan 1918 28 Oct 1919 52° 57.5' 003° 55.0'   28 nm
Haaks 28 Oct 1919 23 Nov 1922 52° 57.5' 004° 18.4'   14 nm
Haaks 29 Nov 1922 3 Sep 1939 52° 57.5'
52° 57.8' (2)
 004° 19.2'   14 nm
Maas 1 Jul 1891 29 Dec 1915 52° 01.6' 003° 53.5'   10 nm
Maas 29 Dec 1915 30 May 1917 52° 02.0' 003° 53.5'   10 nm
Maas 28 Jan 1919 31 Dec 1930 52° 01.5' 003° 54.0'   10 nm
Maas 1 Jan 1931 3 Sep 1939 52° 02.0' 003° 53.5'   10 nm
Noordhinder 1 Apr 1859 28 Oct 1914 51° 35.4' 002° 36.6'   24 nm

Noordhinder
(war position)

 28 Oct 1914 16 Jun 1916 51° 47.0' 002° 41.0'   32 nm
Noordhinder
(war position)		 17 Jun 1916 13 Dec 1917 52° 05.2' 002° 39.9'   43 nm
Noordhinder 19 Jan 1920 4 Jul 1928

51° 35.5'
51° 35.4' (2)

 002° 36.5'
002° 36.6' (2)
   24 nm
Noordhinder 4 Jul 1928 23 Jun 1937 51° 38.4' 002° 33.8'   28 nm
Noordhinder 23 Jul 1937 3 Sep 1939 51° 39.0' 002° 34.0'   28 nm
Noordhinder
(war position)		 23 Sep 1939 12 Mar 1940 51° 34.8' 002° 37.3'   23 nm
Noordhinder 17 Feb 1953 31 Aug 1953 51° 39.0'
002° 32.0'
 36 m (1) 29 nm
Noordhinder 1 Sep 1953 31 jan 1972 51° 39.0' 002° 34.0' 36 m (1) 29 nm
Noordhinder 1 Feb 1972 21 Oct 1981 51° 39.0' 002° 33.0'
002° 34.0' (2)
 36 m (1) 29 nm
Schouwenbank 1 Jan 1882 9 Jul 1886 51° 47.5' 003° 30.0'   10 nm
Schouwenbank 25 Jul 1886 31 Dec 1906 51° 47.3' 003° 27.3'   10 nm
Schouwenbank 1 Jan 1907 20 Jun 1916 51° 47.1' 003° 27.4'   10 nm
Schouwenbank
(war position)
 20 Jun 1916 16 Feb 1917 51° 41.8' 003° 17.4'   11 nm
Schouwenbank 1 Sep 1921 25 Jun 1934 51° 47.1' 003° 27.4'   10 nm
Terschellingerbank 1 Jan 1884 6 Aug 1914 53° 27.0' 004° 51.6'   10 nm
Terschellingerbank 12 May 1916 9 Feb 1917 53° 27.0' 004° 52.0'   10 nm
Terschellingerbank
(war position)
 9 Feb 1917 2 Aug 1917 53° 29.0' 004° 17.0'   26 nm
Terschellingerbank
(war position)
 2 Aug 1917 3 Jan 1918 53° 29.0' 004° 02.0'   33 nm
Terschellingerbank
(war position)
 3 Jan 1918 27 Nov 1918 53° 29.0' 003° 52.0'   38 nm
Terschellingerbank 18 Aug 1921 15 Apr 1925 53° 27.0' 004° 51.5'   10 nm
Terschellingerbank 19 Apr 1925 31 Jan 1928 53° 29.0' 004° 51.5'   12 nm
Terschellingerbank 7 Feb 1928 31 Dec 1930 53° 27.2' 004° 47.4'   12 nm
Terschellingerbank 1 Jan 1931 24 May 1938 53° 27.0' 004° 46.7'   12 nm
Terschellingerbank 25 May 1938 3 Sep 1939 53° 27.0' 004° 47.5'   12 nm
Terschellingerbank
(war position)
 3 Jan 1940 17 May 1940 53° 28.0' 004° 00.0'   34 nm
Terschellingerbank 1 Jan 1949 31 Oct 1950 53° 28.0' 005° 08.0'   5 nm
Terschellingerbank 1 Nov 1950 19 Jun 1951 53° 28.5' 005° 08.5'   5 nm
Terschellingerbank 10 Jul 1951 31 May 1954 53° 29.7' 005° 07.6'   6 nm
Terschellingerbank 14 Aug 1954 31 Oct 1956 53° 29.0' 005° 07.0'   6 nm
Terschellingerbank 1 Nov 1956 5 Jul 1965 53° 29.0' 005° 08.0'   6 nm
Terschellingerbank 30 Sep 1965 6 Jul 1970 53° 29.5' 005° 08.5' 23 m (1) 6 nm
Terschellingerbank 4 Sep 1970 15 Apr 1975 53° 28.9' 004° 46.2' 27 m (1) 14 nm
Texel 29 Mar 1947 15 Jun 1951 53° 05.0' 004° 31.5'   8 nm
Texel 15 Jun 1951 11 Aug 1954 53° 07.0' 004° 30.0'   9 nm
Texel 24 Sep 1954 30 Dec 1971 53° 01.5' 004° 21.5' 25 m (1) 13 nm
Texel 30 Dec 1971 4 Nov 1975 53° 00.0' 004° 23.0'   12 nm
Texel 4 Nov 1975 21 Jul 1977 53° 01.8' 004° 17.8'   16 nm

Unless other source mentioned the main source may be found in:
Observations of surface watertemperature and salinity, State Office of Fishery Research (RIVO): 1860-1981

Other sources:
1: Climatological data of the Netherlands lightvessels over the period 1949-1980
2: Variations of salinity at Dutch lightvessels in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

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NOORDHINDER
Date Occurence Source
14 October 1970 Anemometer nr. 01.00.014.03 removed Station Archive
April 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
May 1973 Received weather reports in Vlissingen regularly disturbed in the weekend Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
June 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
July 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
August 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
September 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
October 1973 Poor reception at Vlissingen (radio disturbance) CWD / Station Archive
December 1973 Very bad reception in the beginning of this month. later very good reception Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
December 1974 Reception reasonable, in the late evening more disturbed Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
21 January 1975 Air pressure readings from digital barometer started today at 20:00 GMT Reported by R.M. Schrijver / Station Archive
March 1975 At the end of this month reception poor, probable caused by transmitter Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
May 1975 Disturbances every now and then CWD / Station Archive
4 August 1975 Mufax recorder 65.06.000.17 replaced by 65.06.000.19 Technical Department KNMI / Station Archive
August 1975 Reception of messages in Vlissingen very bad Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
September 1975 Reception of messages in Vlissingen very good. Power of transmitter enhanced. Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
October 1975 Reception of messages in Vlissingen very good. Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
17 February 1976 Placed new transmitter on board. Previously weather reports received very poor. Monthly Report Vlissingen / Station Archive
21 October 1981 Received last weather reports at 10:00 UTC Station Archive
3 November 1981 Crew of the Noord Hinder replaced by KNMI crew. Weather reports started again at 15:00 UTC Station Archive
8-10 December 1981

Wind vanes exchanged (placed 01.00.522.16 and 01.00.522.18)
Anemometers placed (nrs. 01.00.019.02 and 01.00.019.03)
Camille Bauer Recorder placed (nrs. 01.50.034.3 and 01.50.034.4)

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20 January 1982 Barometer for Noord Hinder placed in De Bilt observation rack for comparisson Station Archive
23 March 1982 Starting at 12:00 GMT, the meteorological data from Lightvessel Noordhinder (06300) will be collected automatically and the code will be compiled by Vlissingen. This means that data concerning weather, visibility and clouds will no longer exist in the code. Due to technical problems the dewpoint temperature will also be excluded temporary. "Mededeling Waarneemdienst Nr. 82-8" en "Mededeling Weerbedrijf Nr. 82-20"
23 April 1982 from 03:00 GMT no wind direction observations. Planned visit on 3 May 1982 Station Archive
16 June 1982 Barometer (nr. 04) placed and tested; still not OK
Port wind vane adjusted (indicated ± 15° too high)
Starboard wind vane adjusted (indicated ± 5° too high)
 Station Archive
2 July 1982 Line with lightvessel disturbed during short time --> no observations received Station Archive
3 July 1982 Line with lightvessel disturbed during short time --> no observations received Station Archive
8 July 1982 Line with lightvessel disturbed during short time --> no observations received Station Archive
13 July 1982 Line with lightvessel disturbed during short time --> no observations received Station Archive
26 October 1982

Maintenance equipment and exchange sensors.
Removed:
anemometers 01.00.019.02 and 01.00.019.03
digital barometer 029.01
Placed:
anemometers 01.00.026.05 and 01.00.026.06
wind vane 522.01

 Station Archive
23 December 1982 Due to disturbance no reports received from 14:00 UTC Station Archive
4 or 10 February 1983 Removed:
anemometer 01.00.026.06
Replaced by:
anemometer 01.00.026.08		 Station Archive
14 March 1983 Maintenance instruments and equipment. No problems reported. Station Archive
26 April 1983 Due to the new destination of Lightvessel #12 (Noord Hinder), measurements from this ship are not necesary anymore. KNMI-equipment will be removed end April, as well as the registration equipment in Vlissingen. 11 May the "Noord Hinder" will be moved. At 11:00 UTC Vlissingen transmitted the last weather report from Noord Hinder. Station Archive
5 September 1983

All equipment removed from the Noord Hinder in Vlissingen. The following instruments and equipment were sent back to De Bilt:
Siemens equipment, Brown recorder nr. 01.50.000.46, Camille Bauer recorder nr. 05.50.034.03 and 05.50.034.04

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Name Lightvessel From Until
Aalst, J. van      
Bakelaar, A.      
Bokhorst, H.J. van      
Boon, A.      
Brevet, A.      
Buis, J.      
Cupido, J.      
Dral, A.      
Dreu, H.J. de      
Drijver, G.      
Edcius, N.H.      
Felius, G.M.      
Fillerup, J.J.      
Gaag, P. van der      
Haarsma, A.      
Harms, S.A.A.      
Jagt, J.C. van der      
Jongeleen, P.      
Jonkers, Th.A.      
Kessler, H.J.      
Kuiper, J.      
Kuijper, L.      
Lampers, K.J.G.      
Lap, J.      
Lintveld, E.      
Meer, S. van der      
Mos, C.      
Pieterse, J.      
Reijtenbach, C.A.      
Roobol, E.      
Saane, L.G. van      
Schol, G.      
Steen, A.F.L. van der      
Swart, C.      
Vlaming, J.M.      
Velde, D.C. van der      
Vierling, M.G.A.      
Vries, K. de      
Wit, J. de      

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