Trinity House
The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters (with the exception of Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland).
It is responsible for the provision and maintenance of navigational aids such as lighthouses, light-vessels, buoys and maritime radio/satellite communication systems.
Trinity House is also the official deep sea pilotage authority providing expert navigators for ships trading in Northern European waters. It is a non-departmental public body.
1514 Incorporated by Henry VIII who presented a Royal Charter to The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and of Saint Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent.
1922 "'The Corporation of the Trinity House, now responsible for our lighthouse engineering, has a story going back to the time of Henry VIII, when its home was at Deptford-le-Strand. James Walker, second President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Sir James Douglass were the master lighthouse builders of last century, while Lord Rayleigh, Tyndall and Faraday were associated, as scientific advisers, with the beneficent work of Trinity House." [1]
See Also
- [1] Trinity House lighthouses