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Ship Horn in Dun Laoghaire

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  • 07-12-2008 12:34am
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    cormie
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    There's been a ship horn going off for about 3 seconds, every 30 seconds or so for the past ages. What's that about:confused:


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    Ron DMC
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    Fog horn maybe?

    Can't hear anything in Blackrock but I do have the telly on.


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    ian_m
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    That would be the fog horn on the east pier.


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    cormie
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    Thanks for the replies. So what's the purpose of it? Just to warn of fog? Why would it go off so often?


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    afatbollix
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    to warn ships of the rocks as they cant see the light from the lighthouses.....

    same reason there is a lighthouse at night...

    id say you can figure out the rest for the reason for the fog horn now....


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    cormie
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    I wasn't awake when I wrote the above :D


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    Steve
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    It's more to benefit smaller craft. Commercial shipping can see quite well in fog using their radar.


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    ian_m
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    SteveC wrote: »
    It's more to benefit smaller craft. Commercial shipping can see quite well in fog using their radar.

    ...not forgetting GPS


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    East Pier light house fog signal, I use to service it back in the 80ies. They used to test it every friday afternoon.


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    Tabnabs
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    They must have replaced you with a more reliable person, cause they don't test it anymore and only use it in anger now :p


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