Radio Caroline (ross Revenge)

[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/