Ship details: Launched 04-03-1913, Blohm&Voss Shipyards, HamburgCommisioned 05-01-1914Size: 54.282 gross tons (European); 15.000 tonsLength: 289.55 m over all (276.59 registered)Width: 30.48 mDepth: 19.20 mMachines: 4 turbines B&VSpeed: 23 knots normal, 25.84 maximumCapacity: 752+228 first class, 330+205 second class, 850+1532 third class passengers, 1234 crew Leviathan was built in 1913 as SS Vaterland, Germany’s largest passenger … Read more
Ship details: A ninety foot canal ship (the former Ijmuiden 17), owned by Fietje Donselaar, fitted out in the canal Sparne (in Haarlem) by Steph Willemsen and Bob Peeters. During 1970, the Hendrik Jan was partially rebuilt in the Sparne canal by a couple of illegal immigrants from Angola, the former Portuguese colony. Bob Peeters … Read more
Ship details: The Hospital Church vessel De Hoop IV, 208 feet long, 1,106 tons gross, 390 tons net, was built in 1963. The crew consisted of 24 members, including a minister and a doctor. The ship was constructed at N.V. Scheepsbouwwerf Gebroeders Pot in Bolnes, with the hull number 950. From 1964 until 1st January … Read more
Die schwimmende Radiostation der britischen Besetzung in Madagaskar Nach der Unterzeichnung des deutsch-französischen Waffenstillstands im Wald von Compiègne am 22. Juni 1940 infolge der deutschen Westoffensive wurde Frankreich aufgeteilt. Der Norden mit der Hauptstadt Paris befand sich unter deutscher Besatzung. Im unbesetzten Süden wurde der Kurort Vichy im Departement Allier ab Juli 1940 zum Sitz … Read more
The Shipboard Radio Station of the British Landing in Madagascar Following the signing of the German-French armistice in the Compiègne Forest on June 22, 1940, due to the German Western Offensive, France was divided. The northern part with the capital, Paris, was under German occupation, while the unoccupied south, including the spa town of Vichy … Read more
Radio Morue, the offshore radio station for Newfoundland fishermen, operated in the Grand Banks, a cluster of underwater plateaus southeast of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf, renowned for its turbulent seas. In the depths of 25 to 100 meters, the cold Labrador Current converges with the warm Gulf Stream. The Atlantic waters off … Read more
Radio Morue, ein Seesender für Fischer aus Neufundland, operierte in den Grand Banks, einer Gruppe von Unterwasserplateaus südöstlich von Neufundland auf dem nordamerikanischen Kontinentalschelf, bekannt für seine stürmischen Meere. In Tiefen von 25 bis 100 Metern trifft die kalte Labradorströmung auf den warmen Golfstrom. Die Atlantikgewässer vor Neufundland waren berühmt für ihren reichlichen Kabeljaubestand, der … Read more
Ship details: A 60 foot fishing trawler Radio station: Radio Sutch is reported to have broadcast from the vessel in May 1964. On 25th May 1964 David ‘Screaming Lord’ Sutch unveiled Britain’s third offshore radio station when Radio Sutch was launched, in a blaze of publicity, on board the trawler Cornucopia. The exact details of … Read more
Ship details: A 32′ ”cockleshell” cruiser named Elizabeth II Offshore radio station: Radio Rag (Newcastle University) from 26th to 28th October 1964 In October 1964, an offshore broadcast was initiated to promote Newcastle University students’ Rag Week, an annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity. Employing … Read more
Ship details: The “Boys’ Own” was built in Beverley, by Cook, Welton & Gemmel Ltd.in 1938, the original owners being I. Newby and Consortium. She passed to Trevor Silverwood in1960. In 1968 she was modernized at Hepworths on the Humber, being renamed Flamborian on her return to service. The vessel was owned by Andrea Connelly … Read more