- Helsinki
- 1959. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white light, 3 s on, 9 s
off. 27 m (89 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower, incorporating
keeper's quarters, with lantern, three galleries, and a helipad above
the lantern. Lighthouse painted white with a red horizontal band in
the upper third. A photo is at right, and Trabas has a distant photo,
and Marinas.com has aerial
photos. The lighthouse replaced a historic lightship station.
Located in the Gulf of Finland about 15 km (9 mi) south of Helsinki.
Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty C5184;
NGA 14516.
- Harmaja
(Gråhara) (Range Front) (2)
- 1883 (substantially altered in 1900). Active; focal plane 24 m (79
ft); white, red or green light depending on direction, 4 s on, 2 s
off. 15 m (49 ft) 2-stage tower: a 7.5 m (25 ft) round cast iron tower
with lantern and gallery centered on a square 7.3 m (24 ft) stone tower.
The stone is unpainted; the cast iron tower is painted red with a white
horizontal band; the lantern roof is greenish metallic. Trabas has
a good but distant view,
the City of Helsinki has a closeup,
Mikko Rauhala also has an excellent closeup,
Marinas.com has aerial
photos, and Wikipedia has a nice aerial
view of the entire island. Harmaja is a small island about 10 km
(6 mi) south of Helsinki. It is one of many small islands in the neighborhood,
but it happens to lie beside the main ship channel into the city. Stone
daybeacons were built on the island as early as the 1500s to guide
arriving ships. The original stone lighthouse proved to be too short,
so in 1900 its lantern was removed and replaced by the cast iron tower.
The Helsinki pilot station and a tall communications tower also occupy
the island. Located at the eastern end of the island. Accessible only
by boat. Site and tower closed. ARLHS FIN-008; Admiralty C5190; NGA
14528.
- Korkeasaari
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 8 m (26 ft); quick-flashing white
light. 4 m (13 ft) octagonal lantern, painted white. Trabas has a good photo.
Korkeasaari is an island on the east side of Helsinki. Site open, tower
closed. Admiralty C5172; NGA 14488.
- *** Lightship Relandersgrund
- 1888 (Crichton & Co. AB, Turku). Decommissioned 1937. 27.1 m
(89 ft) iron lightship with a cylindrical light tower amidships. Vessel
painted red. Niklas Sjöblom has a good closeup photo.
The ship served 26 years on the Relandersgrund station. In 1917, its
Russian crew, celebrating the onset of the Revolution, sailed the ship
across the Gulf of Finland and drunkenly ran it aground and sank it
on the Estonian coast. The following year the new Finnish government
had it raised and repaired in Tallinn. Returned to Finland, it served
as the reserve lightship until it was decommissioned in 1937. Less
is known about its career thereafter, but it remained at sea until
it was sold for scrap in 1978. Somehow rescued from the wreckers, it
reappeared with its old name in Kotka, where it was renovated as a
restaurant. In 2005 it was towed to Helsinki, where it continues to
function as a restaurant. Located on the waterfront in downtown Helsinki.
Site open, vessel open during the dinner meal daily. ARLHS FIN-108.
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Helsinki Light, June 2007
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