Ross Bradshaw on duty in Radio Room of City of St Albans/GHKM
Radio Room: City of St Albans/GHKM
Plan of Radio Room: City of St Albans/GHKM
Cirolana bridge view 1
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
Cirolana bridge view 2
Radio Room: Isle of Man ferry, Lady Of Mann/GVEQ showing Salvor Emergency Transmitter and Atalanta main receiver.
Radio Room 2: Hain Nourse (P&O )bulk carrier mv Atherstone/GPSU
Radio Room: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Plan of Radio Room Atherstone/GPSU
Radio Room 1: Hain Nourse (P&O) bulk carrier mv Atherstone/GPSU
Radio Room: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Radio room: Welsh Trident/GRUH
Cirolana bridge view 3
Radio Room: Interoceanic 1 or Geroi Novorossysk/UFKQ. This vessel was bought by the Russians after the original owners did not finalise purchase of the ships. Ross took this vessel on trials before handing the vessel over to a Russian Radio Officer.
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
Radio Room layout Welsh Trident/GRUH
Radio room: Lady of Mann/GVEQ. Equipment in the rack comprises: Sentinel reserve receiver, AKD N Auto Keying Device and Lifeguard N Auto Alarm. Far right is a broadcast amplifier (name not known).
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
Radio Room plan Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Radio Room: Hero/GRHU. Ross has stitched together a couple of photos to give a panoramic view. Hero was a Ro/Ro ferry operating between the UK and Denmark.
SRP-5 Direction Finder: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Cirolana/GNAM
Harrison Line Author/GXSY
Schloop-M Lifeboat transmitter/receiver: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Radio room: Tor Belgia/GQEU
Radio Room: Cirolana/GNAM. A quote from Ross: “Cirolana was a fishery research vessel, she was built in 1970 by Ferguson Brothers in Port Glasgow, was 1,731 gross tons, and was 237 foot long and 36 feet broad in the beam. She would carry thirty crew and ten scientists. Unlike all the other ships I have been on, she was diesel-electric powered. I was astounded to find the vessel was very well fitted out; there was as much radio gear on the bridge as in the radio room, and there were things I had only heard of – such as satellite navigation. I had never seen this so far at sea, yet on this little fishing vessel there was the lot! My main transmitter was the Crusader with 1,000 watts output, a lot more than some deep sea ships had. I did not see any problems making contacts around the coast with that power.
Radio Room: City of Lancaster/GXPD
Ellerman Lines, City of St Albans
Interoceanic 1 or Geroi Novorossysk/UFKQ
mv Atherstone/GPSU
Radio room: Tor Belgia/GQEU
Radio Room: Welsh Trident/GRUH
Welsh Trident
Radio Room: Hero/GRHU. Marconi Commandant main transmitter.
Memories – thanks .
clive evans 16/11/2015