The story
of the rise and fall of offshore radio and how it affected the music
industry.
THE ROSS REVENGE
TODAY
A pictorial tour of the famous Radio Caroline Ship
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BELOW
 A climb down a steep staircase brings you into the engine room, probably the smartest part of the ship although a strong stench of diesel is, of course, always there. On the left is the massive Dutch-built (how did I work that out?) engine which is maintained in good order and run-up occasionally. Regrettably it isn't put to any use at present because the authorities will not allow the ship to run under her own power. This all stems from their concerns that one day the Ross Revenge will just sail back out top the North Sea and start broadcasting again . . . |
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Many thanks to Tony Horsman for the above details |
This immaculately kept piece of equipment is an air compressor
which builds up sufficient air pressure to turn and start the massive engines.
It needs to be run for about twenty minutes before the engines can be
started.