Finnrevet is a Swedish lighthouse located on a shoal about outside Oskarshamn in Europe.
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 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.
Shipwrecks in the area:
Schooner Charlotta wrecked east of Finnrevet 17 May 1882 in a northern gale.Calypso Diving Register of Wrecks 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 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.S/S Britkon on site Association for Hungarian Shipping 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.
See also
List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden
References
External links Sjofartsverket The Swedish Lighthouse Society