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Former Name(s)
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Fredericia
Iseult
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Description
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Ex-Danish Passenger Ferry
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Length
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188’ (57.3m)
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Tonnage
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763 tons
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Built
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1930 by Frederikshavns V & F A/S, Frederikshaven, Denmark
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Flag state(s)
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Panama
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Stations Housed
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Radio Caroline
(27th March - 2nd July 1964)
Radio Caroline North
(3rd July 1964 - 2nd March 1968)
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Ultimate fate
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Sold for scrap at a public auction on 29th May 1972 to Frank Rijsdijk-Holland of Hendrick Ido-Ambacht.
The ship was scrapped and broken up in 1980 by Van de Marel, Ouwerkerk, The Netherlands.
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Above and left:
Views of the MV Caroline being scrapped
Top right: MV Caroline being towed into Amsterdam, March 1968
Bottom right: MV Caroline tied up in Amsterdam, March 1968
After being hijacked at sea from Ramsey Bay, the MV Caroline was towed to Amsterdam where she was laid up (and badly vandalised) until being sold at auction in May 1972.
Scrapping of the vessel took a number of years and was not fully completed until 1980
Right: three views of the Fredericia in her days as a Danish passenger ferry
Left: MV Caroline being fitted out as a radio ship in the small port of Greenore, Ireland
Thanks to Martin van der Ven for allowing us to use some additional information from the Broadcasting Fleet section of the Offshore Radio Guide in this Gallery
Served as a passenger ferry in Denmark from May 1930 - August 1963. She was laid up in Copenhagen between September 1941 and April 1943.
On 14th August 1963 she arrived in Copenhagen from Odense for the last time and was laid up
In December 1963 she was old to Cross Channel Container Services Limited, Greenore Harbour, Ireland (Ronan O’Rahilly).
In January 1964 she was taken over by her new owners who claimed that she would be used in service between the UK and Ireland and that she would be renamed Iseult.
However, she was transferred to Astrenic SA Panama, (Ronan O’Rahilly) and renamed Caroline. The vessel was towed from Rotterdam to Greenore Harbour and converted into a radio ship.
Click here for a detailed history of the Fredericia and MV Caroline
Photo: Hans Knot/Chris Vermeulen
(photos Karel Gerbers)
