Khersonesskiy (Mys Khersonesskiy, Chersones, Sevastopol’)

Ukraine

This historic lighthouse stands on the southwest corner of the Crimean peninsula. The lighthouse was built in 1816. In the same year, a twin lighthouse was built according to the same project - the Tarkhankut lighthouse.

During the Great Patriotic War, the last participants in the defense of Sevastopol died at the lighthouse. Until the last days of defense, the lighthouse showed the way for Soviet ships and vessels to the city. Here, at the lighthouse, the Crimean offensive operation ended. During the war, the lighthouse tower was destroyed and rebuilt in 1950-1951.

September 21, 1951 in Sevastopol, the construction of a new Kherson lighthouse was completed to replace the old one, destroyed in WW II. In the lamp tower of the new lighthouse, a polysol lighting apparatus was installed, delivered from the Pacific Fleet from the Askold lighthouse.
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The tower is greatly endangered by rising sea level, and a stone berm and semicircular sea wall have been built to protect it.

Manufacture Date	1861
Lighthouse Construction	1816 - The first lighthouse tower was built, 1942 - The lighthouse was destroyed during the defense of Sevastopol, 1951 - Modern lighthouse tower built
Country	Ukraine
Commissioning Body	Lighthouse Directorates of the Black and Azov Seas
Lens Order	1st order
Lens Type	Revolving
Status	publish
Light Character	[TRMOCBW60S16MNAUTO15SRC] White Morse code light with a period of 60 seconds and a range of 16 miles. The unusual flash pattern, the Morse code "SW".
Lighthouse Markings	Modern: White round stone tower. The original lighthouse was a conical stone tower.
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability	1
Climate Change Impact Observations	The tower is greatly endangered by rising sea level.
Open Status (Tower)	Closed
Coordinates	44.5832756639,33.3788480897
Other	ARLHS UKR-022; Admiralty N5308; NGA 18320.
Data Source	* The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX): 1st order - 1861 - Cape Chersonese, Black Sea - Revolving * Lighthouses of Russia (Historical Essays). GUNiO MO RF edition, St. Petersburg, 2001, the authors, A.A. Komaritsin, V.I. Koryakin, V.G. Romanov.

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