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
Ship details: The 500 ton “Scheveningen 54” was built in Scheveningen in 1954 for Rederij van der Zwan. Originally the vessel was named Helena and Oceaan IX, later renamed Epivan. In 1978, Rederij Jaczon (Scheveningen) sold the ship for 25.000 guilders to Jean van Wijk Dentals Holding from Curaçao and Paco Lopez SD based in … Read more
15-01-2023, vandaag is het 45 jaar geleden dat de Scheveningen 54, het beoogde zendschip van Radio Delmare, werd binnengesleept. Het schip is nooit als zendschip gebruikt. Na de aankoop door Gerard van Dam cs is het schip enigszins vaarklaar gemaakt. De omstreden tandtechnieker Bert van Wijk van het tandtechnisch instituut Epivan (kunstgebitten, klaar in een … Read more
Ship Details: Built by “Pannevis” in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands. Fishing trawler SCH-70-Welvaren II (1918-25)SCH-70-De Hoop I (1925-28) SCH-4-Twee Gebroeders (1928-34)SCH-4-Cornelis Roeleveld (1934-40)Astrid (1940-45)SCH-4-Cornelis Roeleveld (1945-59)SCH-4-Geertruida (1959-64)SCH-4-Elisabeth (1964-89)Azart (1989-90) This iron ship was built in 1916 as a typical Dutch sailing herring net ship of the time. During the First World War, in the … Read more
Details: The offshore forts, or towers, were originally World War II military facilities built to protect the coastal sea lanes and were essentially of two designs. Red Sands, Shivering Sands and Great Nore were Army constructed, originally consisting of seven separate towers, each set on four concrete legs supporting a steel structure 100ft above sea … Read more