65. Back on the Bridge

66. Thought Laser & Caroline were last of the Pirates!

67. Nice 'Skull & Cross Bones'

68. Unknown ship, any ideas?

Hopefully in the day & age of real Piracy doesn't take to sea boldly displaying pirate credentials?

69. MV Communicator, looking aft

70. MV Communicator Portside

71. MV Communicator Starboard side bow showing antenna cage

72. MV Communicator Starboard side

73. MV Communicator Starboard side along wharf

74. Time to leave the MV Communicator

75. MV Communicator showing full height of the antenna

76. Will any more pictures appear?

18/05/09 - I got involved with the pirate story awhile back remembering the halcyon 60's days as a kid in Portsmouth. My son a telecommunication engineer (Horsebridge Cheltenham) dialogued with Tony Pine recently reference wireless linking at the Redsands project. I obtained a video of Laser 558 in '87 and the impact of the loss of the mast on the Ross Revenge which graphically illustrated the spirit of pirate radio, it just gets more and more intriguing. My question is has the communicator been broken up, it would be marvellous to think that if she were still around a project of restoration pairing her and the Revenge.

Kind Regards, Graham Newton - Plymouth

The MV Communicator was built in 1954 in Bremen & named the 'Tannager' after a final Superstation RSL broadcast in the Orkney Islands the MV Communicator was cut up as scrap in 2007

The Ship had in between times been called the' Charterer' & 'Gardline Seeker' based in Lowestoft, where she'd been refurbished for the final time

With grateful thanks to Paul & Roy the 'Balls Brothers' for sharing their photographs with us & their help in producing this part of the MV Communicator story

Additional photographs numbers 75 & 76 from Skipper Graham

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