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Cruise & Maritime celebrating 50 years of Radio CarolineCruise & Maritime celebrating 50 years of Radio Caroline

Next month, 1960’s singer and recording star Georgie Fame will join pirate radio DJ’s on board Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Marco Polo on a themed cruise celebrating the 50th anniversary of Radio Caroline.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

July 1, 2014

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

Departing August 6, from London – Tilbury for three nights, the ‘Pirate Radio Beat Boat Cruise’ sails to Amsterdam and  Antwerp.

Onboard with Fame will be DJ presenters Johnnie Walker and Emperor Rosko who 50 years ago this year worked on Radio Caroline.

As Marco Polo cruises the sea off Essextowards Holland, she will pass close to the original mooring of the iconic Radio Caroline. It was this ship that inspired the movie ‘The Boat that Rocked’ and is the subject of a new book to mark the 50th Anniversary.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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