More photos dating from Carl's time with Caroline South. These are from the period when the Mi Amigo lost her anchor and was washed up on Frinton beach. Following this incident, the station borrowed a replacement vessel from the Swedish Radio Syd, the mv Cheeta II. For more details, see here. |
The day after the Mi Amigo was washed up on the beach, some of the ship-wrecked crew paid a visit. Tom Lodge, top, Dave Lee Travis, second from top, Graham Webb, standing on left, and engineer Patrick Starling. |
Left to right: Tom Lodge, Dave Lee Travis, Graham Webb and Patrick Starling. |
The Mi Amigo was taken to Zandaam for repairs. |
The mv Mi Amigo in Zandaam, Holland. |
Carl Thomson on the ferry back to Harwich from Holland. He remembers “I was on my way home for a spot of leave having sailed with the Mi Amigo to Zandaam with Patrick Starling.” |
The mv Cheeta II. |
The 10 kilowatt transmitter on the mv Cheeta II. |
The generator on the Cheeta II. |
Left to right: Carl Thomson, Graham Webb, Dave Lee Travis and Tommy Vance. |
Dave Lee Travis, wielding a soldering iron, with Norman St. John, right. The man in the foreground is engineer Ted Walters. |