Radio Caroline (ross Revenge)

[malc hooley]

Ross Revenge or more known as the pirate ship Radio Caroline laid up in tilbury and now having a new transmitter mast fitted the one visable here has now been dismantled and put ashore with owners hoping to aquire a legal licence to broadcast again.she is also looking for a new berth somewhere the public can look around her and see what pirate radio and broadcasting history was like in the early days. The ross revenge with an original mast hight of 300ft 91m came on air on 19th august 1983 after the previous vessel the mi amigo sank in a storm in the black deeps on 20th march 1980 her mast of 160ft 49m was still visable above water for 6 years after the sinking

[malc hooley]

Here are some updated photos of radio caroline ( april 2013) with her new mast bieng installed the full new mast has now been installed minus the spreaders and stays.She is also having a full needle gunning and repaint so will soon hopefully be back to her best

[Seadog Pete R.I.P.]

ROSS REVENGE Imo 5121213

Built in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1960 as one of three similar vessels and
christened "Freyr", registration "RE1", the Ross Revenge was originally owned
and operated by an Icelandic fishing company. After just 3 years she was
sold to Grimsby based Ross Fisheries and re-named "Ross Revenge", where
she became one of the most successful vessels to ever fish from the UK. By
the late 70's the fishing industry was in sharp decline and along with many of
her contemporaries she became surplus to requirements. For a while she was
operated as a salvage and recovery vessel but in the early 80's she was
sitting in a breakers yard almost inevitably facing the cutters torch.
However, Radio Caroline were searching for a new ship, and in August 1983
she became home to the legendary radio station. For a period of over 8
years she was kept at anchor outside territorial waters broadcasting to up to
23 million people. Finally, beaten and battered, and in very poor condition
she was shipwrecked onto the Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast from where
she was eventually towed into Dover and arrested. Since 1991 she has been
cared for and maintaned by an enthusiastic voluntary support group with the
aim of preserving and restoring her to her former glory.
Source:http://www.rossrevenge.co.uk/