light-ship

Upon the dull expanse of sea there gradually intensified itself into existence the gleam of a distant light-ship.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

In rowing seaward to a light-ship or sea-girt lighthouse, where, without any immediate terror of death, the inmates experience the gloom of monotonous seclusion, the grateful eloquence of their countenances at the greeting, expressive of thankfulness for the visit, is enough to stir the emotions of the most careless observer.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

Making that a fresh starting-point, we soon found the light-ship, and then the forest of masts loomed through the haze in Bombay harbour.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

During the night the weather became perfect, a breeze from the south, moonlight and starry, and we went up the river by soundings and observations of the stars until at 1 a.m. on Monday, when we had the Recalada light-ship right ahead.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

She was rated at twenty-three knots, and though she'd made just over twenty-five a few times, that was in light-ship conditions, with a newly painted bottom on flat seas.

Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

Almost opposite the combe was a stack of tall, ragged rocks, part of the island before some natural cataclysm had created the combe and left some indestructible granite in the form of a hazard so dangerous to shipping that a light-ship was anchored half-a-mile to the east of the rocks to warn vessels of their proximity.

The Murder of Busy Lizzie Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1973

Thicker the light-ship beacons flash, the lighthouse lanterns blaze.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891 Various

The bar was crossed, the light-ship passed, and now no sound broke the dreary silence but the rush of the steamer through the dark waters, with the "Highland Lights" watching her like two steadfast eyes.

Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

Two men, caught out in a fishing-smack, finding that their little vessel was foundering, betook themselves to their small boat; but this filled more rapidly than they could bale it; and they had just given themselves up for lost, when their signals of distress were observed on board the light-ship stationed near Newport, which sent a life-boat to their assistance, and rescued them just as their little boat went to pieces.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

You can paint to yourself there the livelong day, with no more fear of intrusion than if you were out yonder at the light-ship.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Various