The heydays of watery wireless
1951 - today
| 1952-64 | Courier | The "Voice of America Seaborne Radio Station, Dedeecanese Islands" from the Mediterranean off the Island of Rhodes |
| 1958-64 | Cheeta | Radio Mercur, Skånes Radio Mercur and Radio Syd off the Danish and Swedish coast |
| 1960-64 | Borkum Riff | Radio's Veronica and CNBC off Katwijk aan Zee (Netherlands) |
| 1960-61 | Calypso | Radio Cuba Independiente broadcasting from Key Sal Bank to Cuba |
| 1961-70's | Cheeta II | Radio's Mercur, Skånes Radio Mercur, Radio Syd and Radio Caroline South off the Danish, Swedish and English coast, then broadcasting as Radio Syd from Bathurst harbour (Gambia) |
| 1961 | Troubridge | Broadcast by commercial station 5DN in North Adelaide from a ship off the coast of South Australia |
| 1961 | Unknown vessel | An American boat operated by the CIA broadcasting to Cuba |
| 1961 | Unknown vessel | A yacht broadcasting to Cuba as "Radio Independiente" |
| 1961 | [Ellen] | Ill-fated project (The Voice of Slough) |
| 1961-62 | Lucky Star |
DCR and Radio Mercur in The Sound off Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| 1961-62 | [Lady Dixon] | Ill-fated project (GBOK) |
| 1961-80 | Bon Jour = Magda Maria = Mi Amigo | Radio's Nord, Atlanta, Caroline, 199, Veronica, Atlantis, Seagull and Mi Amigo from the Swedish, British and Dutch coast |
| 1962 | Uilenspiegel |
Radio Antwerpen off Zeebrügge (Belgium) |
| 1964 | REM-eiland | Radio Noordzee and TV Noordzee broadcasting from an artificial structure similar to an oil rig |
| 1964 | Cornucopia | Radio Sutch broadcasting four miles off Shoeburyness, Essex (unconfirmed) |
| 1964 | Carmen |
Radio Rag or Leeds University off the coast Harwich (UK) [unconfirmed] |
| 1964 | Unknown vessel |
Your Radio of the Sea ("Radio Exodus") from a location between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft (UK) [unconfirmed] |
| 1964 | Red Rose |
Radio Red Rose with tests off the coast of Liverpool (England) |
| 1964-65 | [Albatross] | Ill-fated project (Radio Albatross) |
| 1964-66 | Shivering Sands | Radio Sutch, Radio City and Radio 310 broadcasting from World War II towers contructed by the British Army |
| 1964-67 | Red Sands | Radio Invicta, KING Radio and Radio 390 broadcasting from World War II towers contructed by the British Army |
| 1964-67 | Flamborian | Several tests as Radio Free Yorkshire |
| 1964-67 | Galaxy | Radio London broadcasting off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex (UK) |
| 1964-68 | Fredericia=Caroline |
Radio Caroline (North) off Felixstowe (UK), later off Ramsey (Isle of Man) |
| 1964-74 | Norderney | Radio Veronica off Scheveningen (Netherlands) |
| 1965 | Pamela |
Radio Pamela or presumably Radio Torr off Clacton-on-Sea (England) [unconfirmed] |
| 1965 | Mayflower |
Radio Mayflower off the coast of Kent or anchored in the Wash (unconfirmed) |
| 1965-66 | Knock John |
Radio Essex and BBMS broadcasting from this Naval Sea Fort in the Thames Estuary |
| 1965-66 | Sunk Head | Tower Radio, Radio Tower and Tower Television from this Naval Sea Fort in the Thames Estuary |
| 1965-67 | Comet | Radio Scotland off the Scotish coast |
| 1966 | [HMS Leviathan] | Ill-fated project (The Voice of Britain with anti-apartheid broadcasts) |
| 1966 | [Tongue Sands] | A fake station from this Naval Sea Fort in the Thames Estuary |
| 1966-67 | Olga Patricia = Laissez Faire |
Swinging Radio England, Radio Dolfijn, Britain Radio and Radio 227off Walton-on-the-Naze (UK) |
| 1966-67 | Oceaan VII | Radio 270 off Scarborough and Bridlington (UK) |
| 1966-68 | Tiri |
Radio Hauraki from the Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand |
| 1967 | [Pursuit/Jubilee] | Ill-fated Scottish project (Radio Aberdeen/King's Radio) |
| 1968-70 | Tiri II | Radio Hauraki from the Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand |
| 1969 | Mebyon Kernow | Radio Concord off Penzance Bay (Conwall, UK) |
| 1969-70 | [Mebo] | Ill-fated project (RNI) |
| 1970 | Unknown vessel | Radio Lakeland from Ullswater in the Lake District (UK) [unconfirmed] |
| 1970 | King David |
Capital Radio off the coast of Noordwijk (Netherlands) |
| 1970 | Hebe | Radio Free Greece with tests off the coast of Malta |
| Early 1970's | Unknown vessel |
The British Forces Broadcasting Service with transmissions from Valetta harbour (Malta) |
| 1970-71 | [Hendrik Jan] | Ill-fated project (Stichting Radio Operatie) |
| 1970-78 | Mebo II | Radio Nordsee International off the Dutch and English coast, later relaying Libyan radio stations from North Africa |
| 1970's-80's | De Hoop | Weather reports, messages and church services for fishing fleets in North West European Waters |
| 1971 | [Unknown vessels] | Ill-fated project (10 ships being fitted out in the port of Gdansk/Poland) |
| 1972-1989 | Unknown vessel | Soviet propaganda transmissions directed to China from the International Waters of the China Sea (unconfirmed) |
| 1973 | Columbus | Reverend Carl McIntire's Radio Free America off the coast of New Jersey (USA) |
| 1973-74 | Janine | Radio Condor (only tests off the Dutch coast) and Radio Atlantis (off Knocke/Belgium) |
| 1973-80 | Morgenster | Radio Stereo Patat plus another ill-fated radio Delmare project |
| 1973-93 | Peace |
Voice of Peace off Tel-Aviv (Israel) |
| 1974 | [Gunfleet Lighthouse] | Ill-fated project (Radio Atlantis/Radio Dolphin from an abondoned lighthouse) |
| 1977-78 | [Deep Diver] | Ill-fated project (Sunshine Radio) |
| 1978 | Aegir | Radio Delmare off Goeree/Zeeland (Netherlands) |
| 1978-79 | [Epivan] | Ill-fated Radio Delmare project |
| 1979 | Magdalena | Radio Mi Amigo International off the Belgian and Dutch coast |
| 1979 | Aegir II = Martina | Radio Delmare off Goeree/Zeeland (Netherlands) |
| 1979-80 | [Manor Park] | Ill-fated project (Radio Ventura/Radio Free England) |
| 1979-80 | Bison | Radio Veronica with nostalgic programmes off the coast of Scheveningen (Netherlands) |
| 1980 | [Unknown vessel] | Ill-fated project [Radio Mauritius off the Belgian coast) |
| 1981 | Odelia |
Odelia TV off Tel-Aviv (Israel) |
| 1981 | Magda Maria | Radio Paradijs off the Dutch coast |
| 1981 | [Birchlea] | Ill-fated project (Radio Phoenix) |
| 1981 | [Cederlea] | Ill-fated project (Radio Phoenix) |
| 1982 | [Unknown vessel] | Ill-feated project (Radio Europa, presumably with test broadcasts) |
| 1983-99 | Ross Revenge | Radio's Caroline, Monique International, World Mission Radio, Radio 558 and Radio 819 plus several RSL stations |
| 1984 | Sea Level XI | Ill-fated project (Wonderful Radio London International) |
| 1984-89 | [Nannell] | Ill fated project (Stereo 531/ 576, WSOL 801, Delta Radio and Music Of Your Life) |
| 1984-2002 | Communicator | Laser 730/558/Hot Hits 576 from the Thames Estuary and several licensed Dutch stations from the IJsselmeer |
| 1985 | Caron | Broadcasting jamming noices in the Caribbean to disturb Radio Venceremos |
| 1985 | Diego | Broadcasting jamming noices in the Caribbean to disturb Radio Venceremos |
| 1987-88 | Sarah | Radio NewYork International off Long Island (New York) |
| 1987-98 | [Kowloon = Shanghai Moon] | Ill-fated project (GOLD AM - 711 kHz AM and Referendum Radio) |
| 1988 | [Rough Tower] | Ill-fated "Sealand" project (radio and television stations) from this Naval Sea Fort in the Thames Estuary |
| 1988-today | Hatzvi | Arutz 7 off Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| 1990 | [Déesse de la Démocratie] | Ill-fated project (oppositional broadcasts againt the Chinese communist government) |
| 1990 | Minerva | Radio Veronica with nostalgic programmes off the coast of Scheveningen (Netherlands) |
| 1991 | Dolfijn | Offshore Radio Memories by Radio Plus (IJmuiden/Netherlands) |
| 1991 | Mercur |
Official Dutch radio organisation VPRO broadcasting off the coast of Noordwijk (Netherlands) |
| 1991-92 | Polaris |
Radio One off Haifa (Israel) |
| 1992 | Unknown vessel | Northlight Radio International |
| 1992 | Galexy |
Offshore Radio 1584 (Ristricted Service Licence) off Walton on Naze (UK) |
| 1992-2001 | Willem Beukelsz | "Offshore Radio Memories" and "Muziek uit Zee" remembering the offshore radio stations |
| 1993 | Aldebaran | Regattaradio FM 105,75 MHz from the Baltic Sea |
| 1993-94 | Droit de Parole |
Radio Brod off the ex-Yugoslawian coast |
| 1993-94 | [Fury] | Ill-fated project by Allan Weiner |
| 1993-94 | Hof | Radio Hof off Bat-Yam (south of Tel-Aviv, Israel) |
| 1994 | Earl of Zetland | Radio Sovereign (Ristricted Service Licence) |
| 1994-98 | Sturmvogel | Antenne MV from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern broadcasting from German harbours in the Baltic Sea |
| 1995 | Kajur | Radio Dan and Galei Hayam Hatichon off Tel-Aviv (Israel) |
| 1995-99 | [Electra] | Ill-fated project by Allan Weiner |
| 1996-97 | King David | Arutz 2000 off Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| 1996-97 | Thekla |
Radio Caroline (Ristricted Service Licence) from Bristol's city centre docks (UK) |
| 1997 | Yeoman Rose |
Radio London (Ristricted Service Licence) off the coast of Walton on the Naze UK) |
| 1997-98 | [Piscator] | Ill-fated project in the Mediterranean |
| 1998 | Fortuna |
Radio 10 Gold celebrating its tenth birthday off the coast of Scheveningen and IJmuiden |
| 1998 | Mueritz |
Antenne MV (Germany) with inland water tours |
| 1998 | Ocean Defender |
Radio London (Ristricted Service Licence) from Saint Katherines dock, Docklands, London (UK) |
| 1998 | Sittard |
Radio Caroline via Radio Stad Harlingen from the quayside in Harlingen harbour (Netherlands) |
| 1999 | Aurora |
"Offshore 98" off the Dutch coast |
| 1999-2000 | Noé | French television station France 2 relaying the start of the new millennium from Tonga |
| 1999-2002 | LV 18 | Several RSL stations from Holland-on-Sea and Harwich (UK) |
| 2000 | David W. Mills / Russel B | Underwater broadcasts from the sunken David W. Mills being relayed from the Russel B |
| 2000 | R 48 |
Laser Hot Hits Offshore from the Thames Estuary (unconfirmed) |
| 2000 | Greif |
NDR 1 Radio MV (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) off the coast of Rostock (Germany) |
| 2000-today | Enterprise | "'Pirates for Peace" planning a kids community radio station based on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland |
| 2001-02 | [Katie] | Another ill-fated Allan Weiner project |
| 2002 | [Grampian Dawn/Grampian Princess] | Ill-fated project |
| 2002 | Minerva | Radio 192 reminiscing the 28th anniversary of the closedown of the Dutch offshore stations |
| 2002-today | Coastal Ranger | KKOL broadcasting from Elliott Bay/Seattle (USA) |
| 2003 | Chatham | 6-10 ships broadcasting to Iraq |
| 2003 | Abraham Lincoln | Speech by US president George W. Bush from the vessel |
| 2003 | Karel Doorman | Dutch television relaying a divine service from the ship |
| 2003 | The Sullivans | Cork's 103fm broadcasting from the vessel |
| 2003 | Norderney | Radio Veronica relauching as a licensed station |
| 2004 | Unknown vessels | The U.S. Navy Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) from vessels operating in the Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea |
| 2004 | Unknown vessel | Celestial Radio, created by artists Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich, from a mirrored boat moored off the Essex coast |
| 2004 | St. Paul | Pirate Radio 603 AM from the harbour of Mariehamn (Åland Islands, Finland) from August to November 2004 |
| 2004 | Thalassa | Eight days of test broadcasts of the licensed radio station Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull from Harlingen (NL) |
| 2005 | Hope | Broadcasts by the Blessings For Obedience (BFO) Ministry for the hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans |
| 2006 | LV 8 | Test broadcasts of the licensed radio station Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull from Harlingen (NL) |