lightship

• I was about here , say six miles south-west of the lightship, when I suddenly saw that the Medusa had hove to right ahead, as though waiting till I came up. —  The Riddle of the Sands
• To reach the Elbe from the west you nave to go right outside this, round the lightship, which is off the Scharhorn, and double back. —  The Riddle of the Sands
• This departure hall is a deliberate reminder, to those who are embarking on voyages across the light-centuries, that there are others waiting at home, spinning in their chambers at the speed of light, where duration has no more meaning than to a photon, or a lightship. —  Aeon One
• It will be a while before the tangledrop station is visible, or the lightship which is waiting there. —  Aeon One
• From the lightship, the electrical wizard set his course south-southeast, as he had been directed That the radio directions might have been spurious did not occur to him. —  044 - The South Pole Terror

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