At Sea on the River and Caroline in Maidstone

More photos including a great photo of the Ross with her full 300 ft mast taken at sunset still to come.

More photos being delivered to Roundsandsounds

More photos from Santa for Rounds & Sounds, including a very nice one of The Ross Revenge which will appear here soon.

Invicta Radio 1988, from left to right, Caesar, Roger Day in the middle and a rather large Johnny Lewis.

Since coming into port the Ross Revenge has made several RSL broadcasts, that's to say its been licensed to transmit for 28 days on AM or FM, here's some pictures taken of the ship when it was broadcasting off Queenborough in Kent

Time to go home steaming away from bradwell

Ross's main lump, and bloody big it is as well

Another one of Radio Caroline's RSL Broadcast's was in 2004 from the port of Tilbury in Essex. Below are pictures of the ship taken during the broadcast.

Nigel Harris in Carolines first Maidstone Studio 1999

Radio Caroline is still broadcasting today, for more info log onto the stations web site. Two photos of Nigel Harris in the stations Maidstone studio in Feb 1999. Shortly both Nigel and myself will tell you how Radio Caroline moved from ship to shore and started broadcasting once again 24 hours a day from the Maidstone studios, it has a few funny twists and turnes. Radio Caroline still at times uses the the studios on the ship to broadcast. The old Dutch studio on the boat has now been refitted with a computer playout system and new CD players.

Racks at the Caroline studios in Maidstone

old English service studio on the Ross, 2001

Two more photos, one of the old English studio aboard the Ross, and the one on the left the racks room at Vinters Park, Maidstone in Kent most of Radio Carolines' shows now come from here..

Found some more photo's here of Caroline Moored of The Isle of Sheppy, and when we did our very first OB (Outside Broadcast) from the ship in Jan 1999. The OB was not live, but recorded using all the ships equipment on a Saturday evening then I rebroadcast it from our Maidstone studios on the Sunday Morning, at that time we had no lines from the ship to Maidstone but we did want to show we still wanted to keep the boat, and use it for transmissions when we could.

Bob L, Chris,Nigel, Chairman, Ha Dock, Johnny 1999

1999 OB on the Bridge And here also with Buzby in on of the studios

OB 1999 with Andrew Austin, Dave Foster is in the background

Taken on the high sea's about a week before she came into Dover

Taken about an hour after coming off the Goodwin sands..in Dover. Photo taken on A P+O Ferry, we were held up going to France while the Ross was towed into the port!!

Paul from Westgate on Sea Kent is one of my listener's from kmfm he went out to the Ross in 1986 on one of the many boat trips that came out to see us when the weather allowed. He has just sent me these photos from that trip. Cheers Paul

Johnny With a Jumper knitted by Jenny Knight of Ramsgate

Left to right John Dwyer, Kevin Turner, Diane, Mayo, Johnny Lewis and Ian Aceres

Caroline Overdrive studio at the back of the ship

3 photos below taken in 1984 by Nick Bryson on a trip to the ship from the Kent coast

Boat along side in 1984..left to right Mike Barrington, Simon Barrett, and Johnny Lewis

Boat alongside the Ross in 1984.On Deck Mike, Simon and Johnny

Ross Revenge in 1984, Stern view and one looking forward from the anchor winch

Radio Caroline's Maidstone studio June 2007

On Saturday 11th August I had 2 Caroline fans from my part of Kent join me in the Studio. Bruce is the Landlord of The Hare and Hounds pub at Northbourne, just outside Deal. He has been a keen Caroline listener since the 60's. My second guest was Floyd from South Africa. Floyd moved to England in 1977 and started listening to Radio Caroline then, and has always liked what the station has done.

Floyd giving you a wave, don't tell the boy it's Radio and we dont have camras!

Floyd and Johnny in the Main Caroline studio at Maidstone Aug 2007

Johnny Lewis on Air in Maidstone Aug 2007

Saturday October 27th and another new chapter for Radio Caroline as we moved into new state of the art studios in Kent

Johnny doing the first show from the new studio in October 2007

Below are some photo's of the Ross taken in Tilbury Essex in November 2007.

The old Gate's mixer in the English studio and still working in November 2007

The Mixer in the dutch Studio and still working in November 2007

The studio in Holland ready for for Radio Monique

Above right what was the mixer used on the Dutch service including Radio Monique, then above left, equipment that went out to make up the Monique studio in December 1984, this photo taken in Holland

Over the May Bank Holidays 2008 Radio Caroline is playing the Listener top 500 broadcasting all shows from the Ross Revenge in Tilbury Docks. I was on the ship on Saturday 3rd May, and will be back again on Saturday 24th as well. Well done to the Restoration crew for all the hard work they are putting in on the ship

Johnny Lewis on Air on the Ross Revenge May 2008

If your in the Thanet area of Kent see what you notice on this photo!

It was a nice sunny day the day i returned to the ship to Broadcast once again

Part 2 of the Caroline listener album top 500 was broadcast over the 2nd May Bank Holiday and I had the pleasure of hosting part of it on the Saturday.While on the ship I took a few more photos. Work is progressing well as you will see on the ship. Well done to all involved.

Lots of painting going on, here Cliff Osborn lends a helping hand

Some parts of the ship can be got at easier than others

Johnny in the studio on the Ross May 2008

Johnny Lewis with Nigel Haris and Cliff Osborn in the back ground

More from the Ross, this time photos from our Easter 2009 broadcast. Thanks for all the support you give the station and all the e mails you send to us.. It all helps to keep the station and us going.

Caroline 80's studio and we still use it now

The 80's studio on the Ross, this was the studio that was re built for the film The Boat that Rocked

All round good guy Lee in the Ross Mess room