Ross Bradshaw on duty in Radio Room of City of St Albans/GHKM
Radio room: Tor Belgia/GQEU
Radio room: Welsh Trident/GRUH
Plan of Radio Room Atherstone/GPSU
Radio Room: City of St Albans/GHKM
Radio Room layout Welsh Trident/GRUH
Radio Room plan Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
Equipment list: Cirolana/GNAM
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
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.
City of Lancaster/GXPD
Radio room: Tor Belgia/GQEU
Radio Room: Welsh Trident/GRUH
Radio Room: Isle of Man ferry, Lady Of Mann/GVEQ showing Salvor Emergency Transmitter and Atalanta main receiver.
Radio Room: City of Lancaster/GXPD
Radio Room plan: City of Lancaster/GXPD
Radio Room 1: Hain Nourse (P&O) bulk carrier mv Atherstone/GPSU
Interoceanic 1 or Geroi Novorossysk/UFKQ
Radio Room: Hero/GRHU. Marconi Commandant main transmitter.
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: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Cirolana/GNAM
Welsh Trident
Cirolana bridge view 1
Radio Room: Harrison Line Author/GXSY
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: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Cirolana bridge view 2
Cirolana bridge view 3
Plan of Radio Room: City of St Albans/GHKM
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.
Schloop-M Lifeboat transmitter/receiver: Al Jabiriah/9KCO
Radio Room 2: Hain Nourse (P&O )bulk carrier mv Atherstone/GPSU
Memories – thanks .
clive evans 16/11/2015