Ship details: After the Tiri disaster Jim Frankham offered Radio Hauraki another of his ships that had just been taken off the Auckland – Gisborne cargo run, the Kapuni.In February 1968 arrangements were almost completed for the purchase of the ship Kapuni, volunteers began to convert her into a radio ship.The Kapuni was dry docked … Read more
Ship details: The Light vessel LV3 was built in 1949 by Phillips of Dartmouth, Devon for Trinity House for use as a lightship. The ship was 41.9 metres long (137 feet), 7.6 metres wide (25 feet) and had a displacement of 523.8 tons. From 1984 to 1994 the LV3 was used as a lightship station off … Read more
Ship details: The ship was leased from a Greek shipping company, who purchased it from the Maritime Officers School in Acre. Offshore radio station: Radio One from 15th January 1991 to 1st February 1992 Mike Brand reporting: Frequency: 107 MHz FM The programmes were made in a studio on land and a low power FM … Read more
Ship details: A wooden ship, the Tiri, having been built in 1931 by G.T. Nicol of Auckland. The vessel was 101 feet long and 169 tons gross. In August 1966 Radio Hauraki chooses their transmission vessel The M.V. TIRI – she needed a lot of work on her though before she would be ready for … Read more
Ship details: Unknown. On 23rd November 1995, the MV Kajun ran aground on the Tel-Baruch beach and was badly damaged and no longer seaworthy. On 2nd February 1999, in the framework of Nature Protection Week, the Environment ministry started to dismantle what was left of the MV Kajur. Offshore radio station: Radio Dan and Galei … Read more
Ship details: Conditions on board the 91 feet vessel were claimed to be cramped. During storms on March 7th 1994 the anchor chain broke and the ship drifted to a position off Herzelia running aground. Offshore radio station: Radio Hof from August 1993 till March 1994 Mike Brand reporting: Frequencies: 102 MHz FM and 1458 … Read more
Ship details: In 1980 Paul Greenwald, a former Rumanian national who had been living in Israel for sixteen years, travelled to Greece in search of a suitable ship. Finally in Piraeus he met ship owner Nestor Pierrakios who owned a ship built in 1958 that was regarded as valueless. The two made an agreement and … Read more
Ship details: The Ross Revenge, formally the Freyr, was built in 1960/1961 by AG Weser Werk, Seebeck, Bremerhaven, West Germany, as a side trawler, the ship was 223 feet 4 inches in length, 34 feet 1 inch wide and of 978.48 tonnage (gross). Until August 1963 the ship was owned by the Icelandic company Isbjorninn. … Read more
Ship details: In January 1961 the Cheeta was replaced by the 450 ton Norwegian coastal ship having been called “Habat” and “Mosken”, now renamed Cheeta 2. In the summer of 1962 (after Radio Mercur´s broadcasts had stopped) the vessel was called “San Pedrito” for a short period. Now the ship was moored in Copenhagen harbor, … Read more
Ship details: The Olga Patricia (formerly called FS263, Deal and Don Carlos) was built in New York in 1944, as a 480 ton landing craft 186 feet long. She commissioned by the US Army on 16th August 1944. On 6th September 1944, she left New York for the Southwest Pacific where she operated during World … Read more