What Became of Radio 270?
After closing down on August 14th, 1967, the ship sailed to Bridlington and the DJs were landed at the harbour at 1am, where several hundred listeners and the stranded DJs (Mike Hayes, Paul Kramer, Robin Best and Mike Barron) were waiting to welcome ashore the final week's DJs: Rusty Allen, Ross Randell and Philip Hayton and the engineers.
Later that morning Captain Olaf Hodgson sailed the ship up to Whitby, where she was initially berthed outside the Angel pub, just south of the town's famous harbour bridge. After the crew were paid off, the ship was taken across to the shipyard where over the next week some items were removed.
The Oceaan 7 was offered for sale by local estate agent (and Radio 270 shareholder) Len Tuckley. About six months later a deal was done with Radio Caroline to replace their South ship, the Mi Amigo, which had been towed into Amsterdam by creditors.
Radio Caroline didn't pay the money, so the Oceaan 7 continued to languish in Whitby for the rest of 1968 before the transmitters and other plant were removed. On the last Sunday in October 1968 she left Whitby for the last time, eventually being sold to Smiths breakers in Blyth, where she was dismantled in late 1970. Most equipment went to Holland and was used for Capital Radio and Belgian station Radio Atlantis.
