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}}Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic is a lightvessel stationed in the North Sea. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast.[1]The vessel is named after her location on the Sandettie Bank, to the north of Calais and east of the Strait of Dover. The ship has no engine and is unmanned. Its lights are powered by solar panels. According to the French Wikipedia,{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2017}} the previous Sandettie lightship was put out of service in 1989 and is now a museum ship moored in Dunkirk harbour museum (fr).[2] External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027195417/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/c/11012012.html The optical and acoustic signaling scheme and the radio-signal scheme of Sandettie lightvessel, ie the signal pattern of the light signal, the fog horn and the radio station] in accordance with NOTICE TO MARINERS 2/2012 C1 Sandettie Light Vessel No.2/12 C1, by Order Captain R. H. Barker, Director of Navigational Requirements, Trinity House, London, EC3N 4DH, 11 January 2012
Observations and Weather- The detailed, hourly measured values of the lightship Sandettie the last 24 hours of metoffice.gov.uk
- The exact course of the air temperature and water temperature as well as the water height in the area of Sandettie Bank on the web page of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation on the basis of the data of Sandettie Lightvessel
- Weather forecast and wave prediction for the area of the sandbank for skipper from Meteo Consult Marine, (fr)
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/light_vessels/sandettie_lightvessel.html |title=Sandettie Lightvessel |website=Trinity House |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726223059/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/light_vessels/sandettie_lightvessel.html |archivedate=26 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.marmucommerce.com/Story_of_light-ship_Sandettie.html |title=Story of light-ship Sandettie |website=MarMuCommerce |accessdate=2013-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101075518/http://www.marmucommerce.com/Story_of_light-ship_Sandettie.html |archive-date=2013-01-01}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/c/11012012.html |title=Notice to Mariners |website=Trinity House |date=11 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027195417/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/c/11012012.html |archivedate=27 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
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