Vital Spark
Moored alongside Arctic Penguin at Inveraray Maritime Experience, (Now Closed)
132gt,
Built by S & D Brown, Hull, 1944 as VIC 72 132gt,
Renamed in 1964 as (ELDESA – 1984 EILEAN EISDEAL and renamed in 2006 as VITAL SPARK OF GLASGOW (originally 96gt)
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Artic Penguin
Light vessel
Current use Up for Sale
Objective Museum: floating
Propulsion Auxilliary Sail and Diesel Engine
Breadth: Beam 24.00 feet (7.32 metres)
Length: Overall 99.93 feet (30.48 metres)
Depth 13.28 feet (4.05 metres)
Tonnage: Gross400.00
History
Built 1910 by Dublin Dockyard for the Commissioners of Irish Lights, ARCTIC PENGUIN is a light vessel with a hull of iron and steel. She served on the Daunt Rock Station from 1910 to 1920 and thereafter was used as a spare light vessel. She was sold out of service in 1966. Purchased by T. W. More
Previous names
1910 – 1966 LV Penguin
1966–1982 Halloween
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www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/655/arctic-penguin