Mi Amigo

[DavidofMersea]

There is a radio ship up the Blackwater called the Mi Amigo, which I have always understood was used as Radio Caroline

To day I was in Harwich and tied up next to H'penny pier was a lightship also named Mi Amigo, and looked like a ship used for radio transmission.

So which was Radio Caroline or were there several ships, each being called Mi Amigo in turn?

 

[sailorman]

http://www.lv18.org/mi-amigo.htm

 

[Lyndsey Doyle]

The Mi Amigo's marked on the chart, on the Sunk I believe?
She went down in a gale while broadcasting Radio Caroline.

The one in the Blackwater is the Ross Revenge, a massive German side trawler which was the most famous Caroline ship. She went on the Maplins (?) in a gale and had her bottom plating damaged, still being kept afloat by a bunch of enthusiasts, fair play to them.

The LV18 has been done out as a pirate radio ship museum, with old things, she's well worth a visit!

 

[Marmalade]

Couple of weekends ago... in the Blackwater

 

[Supine Being]

Hi David, here's a pic that I took of the one in the Blackwater. As Lyndsey says, it's the Ross revenge.

 

[tillergirl]

And here is the Mi Amigo

 

[pks1702]

I do remember listening to this on the fateful night.