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Trinity House

British  

noun

  1. an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast

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Trinity House, which manages more than 60 lighthouses across the UK, said there was an issue with the "audible hazard warning signal" on Longships.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

Instead of killing him, Hargreaves wrote to Trinity House and got himself transferred, to a platform on the North Sea where he spent seven years.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020

Trinity House No 1 Boat will sail ahead of the Royal Barge, reflecting its traditional role of preceding the reigning monarch when at sea in British waters.

From BBC • May 23, 2012

Mason describes his quarter-hour piece as a "guided tour" around the main Trinity House lighthouses, from the Solway Firth to the Farne Islands, many of which he visited to notate the patterns of their flashes.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2010

His son, who lives in Cardiff, daily visits the island in a yacht, and conveys the letters for the Trinity House officials and residents.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles