Following the towing away of the Radio Caroline ships in March 1968, the two vessels languished, rotting, in harbour in Holland. Then, in 1972, they were put up for auction.
The Fredericia, the Caroline North vessel, was bought by a scrap-dealer and broken up but the mv Mi Amigo, home of Radio Caroline South was saved. Offshore radio enthusiast Gerard van Dam bought the ship and, together
with a group of fellow fans, he started work on renovating her. To help pay for this, the ship was opened to the public. (There are more details on this page.) One of the first to take advantage
of the offer was Fred Kooreman who writes: “I visited the Mi Amigo in summer 1972 when she was in Zaandam, close to Amsterdam. I was at that time 20 years old.” Fred has very kindly provided some photos that he took
at the time and, on the following pages, his memories of the visit and some documents that he rescued. We are very grateful to him for allowing us to publish them on
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
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