The Northern Lighthouse Board

Remark: Names of the ships were reused, sometimes multiple times. The numbers in brackets after the names of some ships are for reference only. They were not carried on the ships, as there was only one ship with a given name at any given time.

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BERNERA
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1952 - ? Built 1952 by William Weatherhead of Cockenzie. Used as a relief Tender to the Barra Head Lighthouse. Later replaced by helicopter relief Bernera Further deployed as work vessel during the construction of a permanent unattended lighthouse on the Vee Skerries rock. Sold out of service as being surplus to requirements Converted to a yacht, renamed Berneray.
PHAROS (VIII)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1955 - 1988 Steel Twin Screw Motorvessel, 256.9 x 39.4 x 12.6 feet, 1712 Gross Tons, 592 Net Tons. Oil engines (2), 2SCSA, each 7-Cyl by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow 1955: Built by Caledon vesselbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (507) and based at Granton 1963: Damaged by fire whilst in drydock at Troon 1988: Sold to Windjammer Cruises, Freeport, Bahamas for service as a cruise vessel for 80 passengers and mother vessel to a      flotilla of yachts and renamed ORIENT EXPRESS 1988: Sold to Amazing Grace SA (R.G Garza Inc, managers), Panama and renamed AMAZING GRACE (94 passengers) 1994: Sold to Shower Holding Inc (International Maritime Resources Inc, managers), Malebo 2000: Owners now International Maritime Resources Ltd, registered at Port of Spain, still in service
POLE STAR (III)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1961 - 1993 Steel Twin-Screw Motorvessel, 236.3 x 40.3 x 12.7 feet, 1328 Gross Tons; 396 Net Tons. Oil engines (2), 2SCSA, each 6-Cyl, by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow 1961: Built by Caledon vesselbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee, and based at Stromness 1993: Sold to Barefoot Rogue S.A. (International Marine Resources Inc, managers), San Lorenzo, Honduras and renamed ROGUE 1995: Whilst lying at Port of Spain under going conversion suffered severe damage during hurricane 1997: Sold to Jean Baptiste, Belize, name unchanged 1998: Whilst being pulled up on a slipway at Port of Spain, the rails of the cradle buckled and collapsed 2002: Believe still stranded on the slipway
FINGAL
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1964 - 2000 Steel Twin Screw Motorvessel, 238.9 x 40.3 x 18.5 feet, 1342 Gross Tons. Oil Engines (2) 2SCSA each 6-Cyl British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow 1964: Built by Blythswood vesselbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow, (the last vessel to be built by Yard on 8 August 1963) and based at      Oban 1994: Transferred to Stromness 2000: Sold to Tamahine Investments Ltd of Hong Kong, registered London and renamed WINDSOR CASTLE, still in service 2014: Purchased by The Royal Yacht Brittannia to be converted into a 25 bedroom luxury “boutique” hotel and renamed      FINGAL in 2016.
PHAROS (IX)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1993 - 8th September 2006 Steel Twin-Screw Diesel Electric, Length O A 79.58m Beam 14.0m, Draught 4.0m, 1986 Gross Registered Tonnage. Diesel-electric, through two conventional main propelled aft and gill-jet bow thrusters, Service Speed 12 kts, 20 tonne crane, 200 square metre Buoy Working Deck, Helicopter Deck. 1993: Built by Ferguson vesselbuilders Ltd, Port Glasgow, based in Oban. 2006: Sold 8 September to Byron Marine Ltd to work in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic as a fishery patrol and logistic      support vessel.