Ship details: In 1970, four ships (other souces reported of ten ships) were fitted out with powerful short wave transmitters and converted into radio ships in the Polish port of Gdansk. Only one of these ships was supposed to have been used for Russian propaganda transmissions directed to China. Offshore radio station: Radio Spark, Voice…
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Uilenspiegel
Ship details: The Corcodile was bought by Georges De Caluwé in Brest/France. The 70 foot, 585-ton measuring ship, a former French Navy supply vessel, was rebaptized in Uilenspiegel and got equipped as a radio station in the Antwerp harbour. In the middle of October 1962 the vessel dropped anchor at Zeebrugge. The ship was equipped…
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Tiri II
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…
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Tiri
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…
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U.S.S. Texas
Ship details: Class: New York Battleship Launched: May 18, 1912 At: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia Commissioned: March 12, 1914 Length: 573 feet Beam: 106 feet Normal Draft: 28 feet, 6 inches Displacement: 34,000 tons Speed: 21 knots Crew: 1,810 Armament: (December 1944) Ten 14-inch/45 caliber guns; six 5-inch/51 caliber guns;…
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Spindle Eye
Ship details: Displacement 2,474 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl); Length 338' 9"; Beam 50' 3"; Draft 16' 10"; Speed 10.7kts; Complement, 62; Propulsion, diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp. T-AG-175 Sgt Curtis F. Shoup was laid down on 16 April 1945 under a Maritime Commission Contract as "Spindle Eye" (MC hull 2381) by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, Calif.; launched…
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M.V. Sarah
Ship details: The one hundred and three foot tall aerial mast was installed in September 1986. During spring 1987 a 5,000 pound surplus battleship anchor was purchased. In May the Sarah was reportedly registered in Honduras, but was in fact registered in the US state of Maine. 20th July 1987: With the help of an…
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M.V. Ross Revenge
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.…
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S.S. Red Rose
Ship details: A 500 ton steam ship, a former cargo vessel, purchased by night-club owners James Ireland, Stanley Roberts and Alan Williams Offshore radio station: Radio Red Rose with tests on 12th July 1964 Location: International waters 20 miles off the coast of Liverpool (England)
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M.V. Polaris
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 Location: Just within national waters off Haifa (Israel)
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