Comments on: The Pirate Ship M/V Communicator – Interesting Ship Of The Week http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/ A Blog About Ships Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug Bostrom http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-20890 Doug Bostrom Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:10:41 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3433#comment-20890 I believe the Principality of Sealand was gutted by fire recently: <a href="http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fire/Sealand_Fire.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fir...</a><br><br>No local fire department, apparently... I believe the Principality of Sealand was gutted by fire recently: http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fir...

No local fire department, apparently…

]]> By: Doug Bostrom http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14351 Doug Bostrom Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:41 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3433#comment-14351 I believe the Principality of Sealand was gutted by fire recently: <a href="http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fire/Sealand_Fire.html">http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fir...</a><br><br>No local fire department, apparently... I believe the Principality of Sealand was gutted by fire recently: http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fir...

No local fire department, apparently…

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14334 John Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:02:58 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3433#comment-14334 Very interesting comments! Thanks for the insights everyone!! Very interesting comments! Thanks for the insights everyone!!

]]> By: Maria Dixon http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14333 Maria Dixon Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:00:27 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3433#comment-14333 The Communicator was a Panamanian flag registered ship, ( the Ross Revenge also was Panamanian) and in 1984( if I remember rightly) the MV Communicator hit a sand bank and became stuck in Harwich - Essex,when coming near the port to pick up stores ( foods, etc).<br><br>The Consul of Panama in London, at the time, was informed, and received instructions to board the ship and retire the official papers. After this incident I have no idea what happened to the ship. But I think never went back to sea, and never made any further broadcast again.<br><br>I remember clearly this incident, as I was the Head of Shipping at the time and went with the Consul to the ship to collect the registration papers. It was a cold windy morning. The Communicator was a Panamanian flag registered ship, ( the Ross Revenge also was Panamanian) and in 1984( if I remember rightly) the MV Communicator hit a sand bank and became stuck in Harwich – Essex,when coming near the port to pick up stores ( foods, etc).

The Consul of Panama in London, at the time, was informed, and received instructions to board the ship and retire the official papers. After this incident I have no idea what happened to the ship. But I think never went back to sea, and never made any further broadcast again.

I remember clearly this incident, as I was the Head of Shipping at the time and went with the Consul to the ship to collect the registration papers. It was a cold windy morning.

]]> By: Mike Brand http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-pirate-ship-mv-communicator-interesting-ship-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14320 Mike Brand Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:06:38 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3433#comment-14320 Shalom from Israel,<br><br>The ship you have in your pictures is the Ross Revenge and NOT the Communicator. The ship in the pictures belonged to Radio Caroline Shalom from Israel,

The ship you have in your pictures is the Ross Revenge and NOT the Communicator. The ship in the pictures belonged to Radio Caroline

]]>