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Brief Specifications of the Ross Revenge. Built: Bremerhaven, Germany, 1960 Gross Tonnage: Approx 980 tonnes. Length: 67 metres (220ft) Beam (width): 10.3 metres (30ft) Draft (depth) : 6 metres (18ft) Main Engine: Verkspoor 10 cylinder Diesel, dual turbo. Main Engine Output: Approx 2400hp (1.8 megawatt) Max Speed: 18-22 Knots. Propulsion: Escher-Weiss vari-pitch propeller and Vulcan fluid coupling. Original Main Generators: Two Deutz 6 cylinder, 220 volts DC, 120 kilowatt. Original Auxilary Generator: MWN 3 cylinder, 220 volts DC, 35 kilowatt Freshwater Capacity: Approx 120 tonnes. Fuel capacity: Approx 120 tonnes. Fuel consumption (main engine): 4 tonnes per day. Length of fishing voyage: Typically upto 3 weeks. Area of fishing: Mainly Icelandic and northern European waters, including Baerents Sea, Greenland, etc. Crew accomodation: Ten cabins below decks, chief engineers cabin on main deck, officers, captains and radio officers cabins above decks. Additional accomodation for fishing crew in forepeak area. Converted for broadcasting: 1983, Santander, Spain. Broadcast Generators: Two MAN 6 cylinder Turbo, 460 volts, 60hz, 3 phase, 250kVA (1983) One MAN 12 Cylinder twin turbo, 460 volts, 60Hz, 3 phase, 500kVA (fitted 1987) Auxiliary Generators: Perkins 6 cylinder, 3 phase, 40kVA (fitted 1992) Perkins 4 Cylinder, 3 phase, 20kVA (fitted 2000) Broadcast Transmitters:- RCA BTA-50H Ampliphase, 50,000 watts. Two RCA BTA-5H Plate modulated, 5,000 watts.(one converted to 10kw) Two Marconi 1kw FM - onboard but never installed. No broadcast transmitters are currently operational. Height of tower (1983): 96 metres (approx 290 feet) Height of towers (1989): 35 metres (approx 100 feet) Antenna Matching (1983): Shunt feed, grounded mast, diplexed. Antenna Matching (1988 ~) Top loaded "T" antenna, diplexed. Antenna Matching (shortwave): Inverted V. Broadcast frequencies: 963Khz (319m), 576Khz (519m), 585Khz (test only), 558Khz (539m), 819Khz. 6215Khz shortwave. Duration at Sea: Over 8 years. August 1983 - November 1991. Record Library: 17,000 titles (approximately) Studios: Four with 3 services on air, now three. Main Studio: Gates Dualux console, Rusco/Spotmaster turntables, NAB cart machines. Second Studio (Dutch Service): Generic 12 channel desk, Technics SP10 turntables, NAB cart machines. Third Studio (Overdrive and production): Gates Yard console, Gates 16in turntables, NAB cart machines. Fourth Studio (Shortwave religion): Generic 4 channel desk, various tape and cassette sources. Audio Processing: Orban Optimod 9000 (50kw), Orban Optimod 9100 (10kw), Pacific Recorders Multimax (shortwave) This Site (C), Launched July 13th 2001.