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Lighthouse decommissioning

Royal send-off for a decommissioned lighthouse

2026-06-23T10:31:00+01:00

The removal of the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse combined heavy lifting, diamond wire cutting and real-time engineering adaptation to deliver one of Britain’s most technically demanding marine decommissioning projects, offering lessons for a rapidly emerging offshore decommissioning market.