Day 132/21. The Calshot Spit Lightship

Down at the museum today, preparing for opening next week.
But I found time, as conditions were good, to fly my little drone to get a picture of the lightship outside the museum.
LV 78 was built in 1914 by J Thornycroft of Southampton for Trinity House. Her hull is made of iron and she was built for service at Calshot Spit at the entrance to the Port of Southampton where it acted as a floating lighthouse at the entrance to Southampton Water, guiding flying boats into their terminals and warning ships of sandbanks.  Six crew lived in cramped conditions keeping the light and foghorn operating and recording shipping movements and was replaced by a buoy in the mid-1960s.
The long term plan is to use the lightship deck as a cafe seating area, with the visitors cafe itself inside the building.