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Whitby Lighthouse
Position 54° 28'.67 N 00° 34'.00 W

Whitby Lighthouse
High cliffs and fine beaches extend to Ravenscar around Robin Hood's Bay from Whitby and the area is popular with holiday-makers. The harbour at Whitby is still the base for the town's fishing fleet and it was from here that Captain Cook set out in the ENDEAVOUR on his voyage of discovery to Australia in 1768.

Trinity House built the present Whitby Lighthouse in 1858 on Ling Hill to the design of James Walker; originally a pair of towers, aligned north-south and showing fixed lights over Whitby Rock, the station was altered in 1890 when a more efficient light was installed in the smaller tower and the other closed down.

Whitby Lighthouse was automated in 1992 and is monitored and controlled via telemetry link from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich.

Specifications

Established 1858
Height Of Tower 13 Metres
Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 73 Metres
Automated 1992
Electrified 1976
Lamp 1st Order Catadioptric
Optic 3 250W 24V tungsten halogen lamps mounted on a LC45 two-position lamp chnager
Character White and red isophase every 5 seconds
Intensity White light 39,800 Candela; red light 17,100 Candela
Range Of Light White Light 18 nautical miles; red light 16 nautical miles

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