Navios Purchases Four LR2 Tankers for $250 Million
Angeliki Frangou’s Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE: NMM) has agreed to purchase four newbuild 115,000 dwt LR2 tankers. The vessels are being acquired for a purchase price of $58.5 million each,...
On the drawing of the East Goodwin Lightship the Marconi aerial can be seen suspended from the spar at the masthead.
This Lightship was equiped with wireless apparatus in 1898, after a series of experiments the installations were completed and a communication link was sucessfully established so that the vessel was capable of calling for assistance. Marconi reported that “the installation started working from the very first without the slightest difficulty”. http://www.offshore-radio.de/fleet/goodwin.htm
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