Krishna Shoal
Rangoon Area Lightvessels Krishna & Baragua. Built in 1953 by the Ferus Smit Yard, Westerbroek, Groningen, The Netherlands. Towed to Burma by the Noord Holland, Wijsmuller, IJmuiden. Nice ships with accommodation, and tropic sun covering.
Jaap Termes has a historic photo of a more recent lightship at the station. https://www.lightphotos.net/photos/displayimage.php?album=150&pid=6152#top_display_media
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1867
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Date of lighthouse construction
1869
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Country
India
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Commissioning body
Unknown
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Order of lens
2nd order
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Fixed or revolving lens
Fixed
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Active/Inactive
Inactive
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Describe the character of light
Unknown
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
Screwpile Lighthouse
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
None known.
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
I have been able to find virtually no information regarding this lighthouse. It was situated off the Irrawady Delta and it is believed to have been destroyed in a cyclone in 1877. Currently a lightship SANDA (F1074) is stationed close to the location.
Update 17.07.2022. Probably, see history in the Publication of Directorate General Lighthouses and lightships Deep Bhavan, A13, Sector-24 Noida - 201 301 - "False Point Lighthouse", page 16.
"A screw pile lighthouse was designed and erected by Colonel Alex Fraser at Krishna Shoal, off the Burma Coast (that was a part of British India then) in 1869. This was boasted as an alternative for the Lightships placed in the mouth of Hooghly River and on Sand Heads of bay of Bengal. This gave a ray of hope to the Calcutta Port authorities, which lost four of their lightships within a span of twelve years, to the cyclones in the Bay of Bengal. A Lightship was manned on an average by 36 people and this heavy loss of lives, drove the authorities to the alternative of Screw pile lighthouses, that they hoped, can be dismantled and re-erected at new locations, as and when the shoal moves in with change of currents. But, after 8 years' satisfactory service, the Krishna Shoal Lighthouse was swilled with its entire staff, without a trace, in a devastating cyclone of 1878 and nobody dared to suggest another screw pile Lighthouse in the Bay of Bengal and so the Sand Heads was never lighted..."
Continue the story with the participation of the Chance Brothers see with:
the False Point Lighthouse https://new.opengreenmap.org/browse/sites/62c82be901104d01007b2d9aand by the link below Page 17 http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/FalsepointLightHouse(2).pdf
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Current management body/ ports authority
None
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Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
None
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Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
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Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
None
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Is the site open/closed to the public
Closed
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
Closed
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Latitude and Longitude
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
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Other details
Update 17.07.2022. Source: The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX): 2nd order - 1867 - Krishna Shoal, Burmah - Fixed
Currently, the Sanda lightship station is near this location. Admiralty F1074; NGA 26680.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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Chance Lighthouse Destroyed or Ruined
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Date of decommissioning of lighthouse
Lost in 1877