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Blockbuster film brings back memories of coast's radio ship
RICHARD Curtis' new blockbuster film, The Boat that Rocked, will evoke fond memories for many in the area who will have listened to Radio 270 back in the 1960s.
The Oceaan-7 was the home of the radio station which played to millions but ceased transmitting back in 1967 when it berthed for the final time in Whitby Harbour.
The Panamanian-registered ship had been under the command of Capt T O Hodgson of Snainton and had a crew of three.
The ship – built in 1938 – was a Dutch lugger before it was used by the Nazis in the Second World War to transport Dutch prisoners to the Rhine.
It was converted and became the home of Radio 270 on 1 April 1966 until its final broadcast in August the following year.
The ship was sold in 1968 to a scrap dealer in Hartlepool.
Before it left the harbour in November, its 150ft mast and radio equipment was stripped and sold off to comply with government regulations.
Do you remember listening to the station or do you have any pictures or memories of the ship?
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