Trinity House Tender Galatea in Mount’s Bay

This last week the THV Galatea has been visiting Mount’s Bay. THV Galatea is an 84m lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House, the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.

THV Galatea in Mount's Bay

THV Galatea provides aids to navigation for the safe passage of mariners, including maintenance work, buoy deployment, wreck location marking and towing. She is also able to carry out additional tasks such as hydrographic surveying and wreck finding and contract commercial work. She is equipped for:

• hydrographic surveys including bathymetry, side scan, sonar and wreck investigations
• aids to navigation deployment, maintenance, repair and examination
• research platforms for deployment and recovery of scientific equipment
• sampling projects
• marine hazard search and marking
• lifting, towing and accurate positioning of marine equipment
• recovery and re-establishment of off-station aids to navigation
• sea trials of electronic and specialty equipment
• helicopter support
• safety boat assignments
• guard duties for cable and pipe laying projects

 She is a reasonably frequent visitor to Mount’s Bay.

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