The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame has been on trips round the Thames forts before (see here and here) but on neither occasion did
the itinerary include Knock John, the home of Radio Essex so, when we saw that the historic paddle steamer Waverley was planning to visit all three of the surviving
forts which were used for offshore radio, we couldn't resist it. The trip was on on 2nd October 2026. (Sunk Head, the fort used by Tower Radio, was demolished in 1967 - see cutting.)
It was a good decision. Not only did it turn out to be a beautifully calm sunny day but it was also the ship's 80th birthday. The Waverley was launched in Glasgow on 2nd October 1946. Click on the P.S. Waverley News, right,
for more information on the history.
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