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Admiralty P3553  22°17'08.4"N 114°10'58.8"E
Admiralty P3553.3  22°17'07.8"N 114°10'56.4"E
Admiralty P3553.6  22°17'16.8"N 114°11'15.0"E

Hon Bay Canh lighthouse,  Admiralty F3046,
http://www.vms-south.vn/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Hai-dang-Bay-Canh.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4n_S%C6%A1n_Island
https://mapcarta.com/35737860
https://goo.gl/maps/c7EENoqsekM2

CônLôn island, ConSon dao,  Côn Lôn also known as Côn Sơn,
Marco Polo mentioned the island in the description of his 1292 voyage from China to India,
under the name Sondur and Condur,

CônLôn island is a uninhabited island, year 1706, Dutch come to here, they want dwell here,
a lot of huge size reptiles, similar to Kodomo monitor, eat human,
Dutch hunting, gun fire,
people must logging in the forest, build a wall, against huge monitor,
Chinese sailor sell brick and tile building materials to Dutch,

the monitor meat unable to eat, it cause disease, most of Dutch get disease, decease, some people survive,
however, a small kingdom call Guangnam, one of Vietnam native tribe,
Guangnam warrior come to CônLôn island, kill all of Dutch survive,
the CônLôn island uninhabited again,

the huge monitor was extincted,

Vietnam old lighthouses

Vietnam still have some old lighthouse built by French,
old lighthouse worth to traveling,
French rule Vietnam from 1885 ~~

Admiralty F3042  Hon Khoai lighthouse, 1904,
http://www.vms-south.vn/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Hai-dang-Hon-Khoai.jpg

Admiralty F3116  Ke Ga lighthouse, 1899~~1900,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Vietnam#/media/File:K%C3%AA_G%C3%A0_Leuchtturm_Phan_Thiet_-_Mui_Ne_-_Vietnam.jpg

Admiralty F3122  Mui Dinh lighthouse, 1904,
http://www.vms-south.vn/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Hai-dang-Mui-Dinh.jpg

Admiralty F3148  Hon Lon lighthouse,  1890,
http://www.vms-south.vn/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Hai-dang-Hon-Lon.jpg

Admiralty F3162  Phuoc Mai lighthouse,  1904,
http://www.vms-south.vn/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Hai-dang-Phuoc-Mai.jpg

Berlayar Beacon, installed in around 1930,
in the Labrador Park, Singapore,
1°15'44.6"N 103°48'18.6"E
https://goo.gl/maps/7P64BdaNMhC2
https://remembersingapore.org/pasir-panjang-fort/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22829033@N08/2528466058
http://www.angelfire.com/id/foomail/places.html

Hong Kong Disney Resort Pier Light,
22°18'21.2"N 114°02'46.1"E
https://goo.gl/maps/f1Dg6jZJysy

you may use the Disneyland Resort Line, Disneyland Resort Station,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Resort_Line
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disney_Resort_Pier,_Lighthouse_(Hong_Kong).jpg

Oh, thanks, I see,
they also removed WWII old rail, anti US, British and Canada landing,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/150122418@N08/32911995201/

is this Westkapelle lighthouse ?

it seems that they add a cement building in front of the lighthouse in 2008,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8511649@N03/2453537689/
51°32'24.3"N 3°26'12.6"E

which one lighthouse use meso radial 1125mm focal length lens ?
which one lighthouse use Hyper radial 1330mm focal length lens ?

By the 1920s, high-intensity lamp technology had rendered lenses of this size obsolete.

Peiyushan lighthouse, Admiralty P3682
28°53'00.3"N 122°15'46.3"E
https://goo.gl/maps/ucAKLHsZ6wp

built in 1895, by China, it cost fifty thousand customs silver taels,
Hyper radial lenses comes from Barbier & Benard Company, France,

WWII, Because of the Japanese occupied the lighthouse, US aircraft bombing in 1944,
lens and lantern damaged, inactive since 1944,

http://uslhs.org/hyper-radial-lenses
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/dh-s002

JiaoweiJiao lighthouse, Admiralty P3328,

JiaoweiJiao lighthouse, Cape Cami Lighthouse, Admiralty P3328
20°13'17.7"N 109°55'26.4"E
https://goo.gl/maps/7zeDF2LtHGB2

Cape Cami = Cape Kami,
the first generation of Cape Cami Lighthouse is steel stracture Skeletal type,
lighthouse may be built by Britons, so the University of Bristol they have a B/W picture,
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/dh-s162
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/
but the lighthouse keeper is French,

WWII, Because of the Japanese invasion, the old lighthouse was blown up on 1942,
inactive since 1942,

Chilang Lighthouse, Admiralty P3582,
22°38'54.3"N 115°34'24.8"E
https://goo.gl/maps/D1PNDtQn3UK2

http://www.ajhw.co.uk/books/book266/book266.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52817/52817-h/52817-h.htm#ip_49

WWII, Because of the Japanese invasion, the old lighthouse was blown up on March 6, 1942,
inactive since 1942,

Chilang Lighthouse = Zhelang Lighthouse,
the new lighthouse named Zhelang Lighthouse,

https://news.hsdhw.com/83318

F1733 Bedok Lighthouse right on the top of a apartment,
http://www.boringsingapore.com/2009/04/bedok-lighthouse.html

display on map,
Admiralty P3606, Dongding lighthouse, (1871),  24°09'32.5"N 118°14'18.7"E
Admiralty P3610, Qingyu lighthouse, (1875),  24°21'41.4"N 118°07'46.0"E
Admiralty P3620, Beiding lighthouse, (1882),  24°25'37.9"N 118°30'17.7"E
Admiralty P3628, Wuqiu Lighthouse, (1874),  24°59'36.0"N 119°27'07.0"E
Admiralty P3632, Niushan Tao, Turnabout island lighthouse, (1873),  25°25'55.5"N 119°56'28.0"E
Admiralty P3634, Dongju lighthouse, (1872),  25°57'50.5"N 119°59'26.0"E
Admiralty P3714, Luojiashan lighthouse, (1890),  29°58'07.3"N 122°26'56.9"E
Admiralty P3716.8  Yuxingnao lighthouse, (1872),
Admiralty P3720, Xiaoguishan lighthouse, (1883),  30°12'30.4"N 122°35'42.8"E
Admiralty P3738, Baijieshan lighthouse, (1883),  30°37'02.6"N 122°25'38.9"E
Admiralty P3746, Huaniaoshan lighthouse, (1870),  30°51'06.1"N 122°40'52.5"E
Admiralty P3762, Sheshan lighthouse, (1871),  31°25'10.2"N 122°14'40.1"E
Admiralty P4652, Yuwengdao Lighthouse, (1873~~1874),  23°33'45.4"N 119°28'08.5"E

Amber Beacon Admiralty F1732.5, is easy to reach by MRT and bus,
from Bedok MRT Station, EW5,
and bus 401, and walk,
https://goo.gl/maps/bYShkwt2FrG2

Johor straits lighthouse F1681, is easy to reach by MRT,
from Tuas Link MRT Station, walk,
https://goo.gl/maps/j4WLQUBf3FS2