Schooner · France
Cardinal
A Dutch-built schooner of 1932 that carried the pirate station Radio Veronica in the 1960s.
Technical data
- Rig
- Schooner
- Flag
- France
- Built
- 1932
- Shipyard
- Scheveningen, NL
- Length
- 27 m
- Beam
- 5.05 m
- Sail area
- 242 m²
- Sailing area
- French coast
She first belonged to Arie Leendert, who sailed her as Adventure, working in the fishery and as a coastal trader.
After the Second World War she sailed as Ger Anna. In the 1960s she became the platform for the pirate radio station Radio Veronica off the coast of Ireland.
In 1998 Jérôme Lucereau and Patrick Delacroix bought her, and today she works in the charter trade on day trips and longer voyages.