Radio Caroline – Dry Dock appeal update
News Update January 2026
ROSS REVENGE CHARITY DRY DOCK APPEAL REACHES HALF-A-MILLION POUNDS
https://www.rossrevengeofficial.com/?storyid=4#news.html
As we enter 2026 the fund to finance repairs to Ross Revenge has reached an incredible half-a-million pounds.
This is a lot of money for which we take no credit – it has all been raised by YOU, through donations to our Ross Revenge charity, charity Crowdfunder, fundraisers and by purchases from our web shop.
Praise must go to our generous supporters and listeners. We are immensely grateful.
There is no upper limit to how much we could spend on Ross Revenge Simply put, the more money we have the more work we can put in hand, and we continue to fundraise to get as much essential work done as possible while the ship is out of the water.
We hope to get Ross Revenge into to SMS dry dock at Lowestoft in the spring and we must hire a sizeable tugs for the journey. As the ship is too deep to enter dry dock without assistance, we are hiring specialist buoyancy bags and divers to fit them. When inflated the ship should be lifted enough to get her into the dock.
The priorities once in dry dock are sandblasting, repairing and painting the 220 ft hull and structure, servicing the sea chests, replacing the rotting wood lower decks with a hardwearing grid matting system and, if funds allow, replacing the rusting metal fore and aft decks – proudly repainting CAROLINE 648 AM once more.
Everyone involved with Ross Revenge would like to send our gratitude and appreciation to our listeners for your continued support. To find out more and make a donation if you wish, please do so on this site https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
We couldn’t do this without you. THANK YOU from us all.
Peter Moore
Station Manager,
Radio Caroline
Via Mike Terry, MWCircle iog (2026-02-23)