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First pirate radio ship?
May 25, 2013 7:26 pm
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Is this the first pirate radio ship? Cutter "Faithful Friend" (1938) (Foto: Archive Stefan Appelius)[/caption]The first pirate radio ship may have been the "Faithful Friend," a steam fish cutter under the British flag sailing in the international waters off the Dutch and North West French coast. Martin van der Ven in the April 2013 Soundscapes reports that in 1938 the "Deutsche Freiheitspartei" political party broadcast shortwave appeals to Germans to resit Hitler. The transmissions lasted just over three months. Read the full story here.
Is this the first pirate radio ship? Cutter "Faithful Friend" (1938) (Foto: Archive Stefan Appelius)[/caption]The first pirate radio ship may have been the "Faithful Friend," a steam fish cutter under the British flag sailing in the international waters off the Dutch and North West French coast. Martin van der Ven in the April 2013 Soundscapes reports that in 1938 the "Deutsche Freiheitspartei" political party broadcast shortwave appeals to Germans to resit Hitler. The transmissions lasted just over three months. Read the full story here.