Svinbådan lighthouse, Sector light lighthouse in Höganäs Municipality, Sweden
Svinbådan is a cylindrical caisson lighthouse built of concrete, 25 metres tall, rising from the Svinabonnsgrundet shoal in the Öresund about 1.5 km off Viken. It is painted black with a red band, and its red lantern carries a white dome. The tower has lower and upper galleries, and a horizontal framework arm projects from its top.
Built in Lysekil, the caisson lighthouse was launched on 4 September 1959 and entered service in 1960, replacing a lightship. In 1994 the submarine power cable was retired and replaced by solar panels on the disused helipad, along with a new lantern. A Racon radar beacon took over from the foghorn made by Kockums of Malmö.
The tower replaced a lightship, and two of the old lightship lanterns survive on land: No. 17 stands at the Rosenhill seamen's home near the Älvsborg Bridge in Gothenburg, No. 8 in Skanör harbour. The light shows white, red and green sectors over 8 seconds, 4 lit and 4 dark.
The tower stands on Svinabonnsgrundet, a shoal in the Öresund about 1.5 km off the coast of Viken, so it can only be seen from a boat or from the shore at a distance. There is no landing stage and the helicopter platform on top is no longer usable.
The tower was built at Lysekil and launched on 4 September 1959, then towed to the Svinabonnsgrundet shoal about 1.5 km off Viken, where it entered service in 1960. It replaced a lightship; the lantern of lightship No. 17 now stands at the Rosenhill seamen's home in Gothenburg, and that of No. 8 in Skanör harbour.
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