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ROSS REVENGE IN DOVER

 Autumn 1992

In November 1991, the Radio Caroline ship Ross Revenge, which had been lying silently at anchor off the Kent coast since November 1990, was caught up in a storm and drifted from her anchorage. The vessel ended up stranded on the notorious Goodwin Sands and, against all the odds, was successfully towed off the sandbank and re-floated.

However, the Ross Revenge was impounded by the British authorities and towed into the port of Dover where she remained until 1993 while legal arguments about her ownership, registration and the payment of salvage fees were resolved. Subsequently the ship was moved to a number of locations and gradually repaired and refurbished by a group of volunteers who worked tirelessly to restore the only remaining operational offshore radio ship to her former glory.

In the autumn of 1992 Nick Catford visited the Ross Revenge in Dover and took this series of photographs, graphically showing the state of the ship at that time. The Offshore Radio Museum is grateful to Nick for allowing us to present these photographs in this Special Exhibition as a record of her condition at what was probably the lowest point of her offshore radio career.


Read the full story of Radio Caroline’s last days at sea and the drifting and rescue of the Ross Revenge from the Goodwin Sands

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Read about the history of the Ross Revenge in our SHIPS AND SEA STRUCTURES GALLERY on the Second Floor

Ross Revenge

The Ross Revenge is now in urgent need of being dry-docked for major repairs. Without this her future is uncertain.

You can help by donating to the crowdfunder appeal at

https://www.rossrevengeofficial.com/#home.html