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Finnrevet is a Swedish lighthouse located on a shoal about 5 nautical miles (9 kilometres) outside Oskarshamn in Europe.

Finnrevet lighthouse
Finnrevet

Finnrevet Lighthouse
Location	5 nmi (9.3 km) east of Oskarshamn Kalmar County Sweden
Coordinates	57.276745°N 16.634482°E / 57.276745; 16.634482
Tower
Constructed	1921
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	cast iron
Height	14.5 m (48 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	White and black
Operator	Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)[1]
Light
Focal height	15.5 m (51 ft)
Lens	fifth order Fresnel lens
Range	16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 6s.

General information

The lighthouse was built in 1921 and is located on a reef just east of island Furö. The black and white tower is about 15.5 metres (51 ft) high. The light can be seen at a distance of 16 nmi (30 km).

Wrecks near Finnrevet

The waters around island Furön are shallow and many ships have run aground in the area near the lighthouse.

Shipwrecks in the area:

• Schooner Charlotta wrecked east of Finnrevet 17 May 1882 in a northern gale.[2]
• Russian schooner Lotus av Libau ran aground here in 1898.[3]
• S/S Britkon, cargoship, built 1917 in Sunderland, beached at Finnrevet in November 1949. The steamship had a length of 109 meters, and broke in half after about one month grounded at the reef.[4] The 37 men-crew were rescued by maritime pilots stationed on the nearby island Furön.[5]
• The Hans Olof was a Swedish ship grounded at the reef in due to a sudden north-eastern gale in 1950.
• M/S Priwall, West German flagged cargoship beached at Finnrevet February 1, 1968 loaded with wooden goods.[3]

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden

References

External links

• Sjofartsverket
• The Swedish Lighthouse Society

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