Salamander Dreaming Auction
Lot 15
Salamander
Dreaming ........................................................................................
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Salamander Dreaming
By Steve J Plummer
Salamander
Dreaming
The story of Jean & George Russell as told to Steve J Plummer
Published in 2006 by Exposure Publishing ISBN 1-84685-222-6
978-1-84685-22-0
The
97' x 23' wooden craft was built
for the British Admiralty in 1945 as a supply boat, named 'The Deep Diver'
she was acquired in 1977 by a broadcasting group who had aspirations to provide
music radio for British tourists in Spain
The
sparse financed scheme had
Chris Carey, Robbie Dale, Bob Noakes and Dick Palmer were behind 'Sunshine Radio'
Secretly
fitted out in
Belfast as a radio ship with a pair of low powered FM transmitters and twin
lattice masts, passed off as lighting towers for film making
The
ship left Belfast for Portugal but suffered damage at sea, and was towed
into the Scilly Islands
Funds
ran out and it was realised
that the vessel was too small for a radio ship, so the project and ship
were abandoned
In
early 1978 the 'Deep Diver' was back in Belfast advertised
for sale with a price tag of
£26,000, eventually selling to George Russell for £20,000
The forward
lattice transmitter mast being the only remaining remnant of her former time
as a Offshore Radio Vessel
Things
were to get worst, taking possession on a dark wet night it was discovered many
of the fixtures and fitting had been stripped
Undeterred
the shambolic adventure was to continue in a similar vein until the vessel went
aground in Espinho, Portugal and became a total loss
The
vessel is now said to have been integrated into a landing stage at Espinho
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September 2011
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