Finnrevet is a Swedish

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

located on a shoal about outside

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chan ...

in Europe.

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The lighthouse was built in 1921 and is located on a

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just east of island

Furö Furö is an island located in the Baltic Sea five nautical miles (about 6 miles) off the east coast of Oskarshamn in Sweden. History Historically the island has been used as base for fishing (mainly cod, herring and flounder). Today there are ...

. The black and white tower is about high. The light can be seen at a distance of .

Wrecks near Finnrevet

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

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in the area: *

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''Charlotta'' wrecked east of Finnrevet 17 May 1882 in a northern

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. * Russian schooner ''Lotus av Libau'' ran aground here in 1898.Oskarshamns skolstyrelse: ''Oskarshamn det egna samhället – Odlare och kustbor'', tryckår 1979, s. 59. * ''S/S Britkon'', cargoship, built 1917 in

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, beached at Finnrevet in November 1949. The

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had a length of 109 meters, and broke in half after about one month grounded at the reef. The 37 men-crew were rescued by maritime pilots stationed on the nearby island Furön.Article in newspaper Nyheterna
* 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 1 February 1968 loaded with wooden goods.

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Sjofartsverket

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Wrecks near Finnrevet

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