15th January 1978 |
Mebo II sailed from Benghazi Harbour. |
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19th January 1978 |
The radio ship arrived off Tripoli once again and broadcasts, consisting of a relay of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation (SPLAJBC) in English, were made |
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5th April 1978 |
The Mebo II and the Angela became the official property of the Libyan Government and were re- |
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11th June 1978 |
A foreign language service of the Libyan Broadcasting service SPLAJBC started from El Fatah (Mebo II). |
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end of June 1978 |
A new daily service, consisting of readings from the Holy Koran broadcast from El Fatah (Mebo II) |
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16th January 1977 |
Mebo II and Angela sail from Holland after years of prolonged legal cases. |
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9th February 1977 |
Mebo II and Angela arrived off Tripoli. |
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14th February 1977 |
Both ships entered Tripoli Harbour. |
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February and March 1977 |
A number of test transmissions were made from Tripoli Harbour. |
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29th June 1977 |
Relays the English language programmes of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation (SPLAJBC) started from Mebo II. |
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8th August 1977 |
Mebo II and Angela sailed from Tripoli Harbour. |
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11th August 1977 |
Mebo II and Angela arrive first at Benghazi and finally at Derna Harbour Transmissions under the call sign LBJ - |
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30th October 1977 |
Mebo II left Derna for a new anchorage off Benghazi |
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** June 1979 |
El Fatah was dry docked in Malta to be overhauled and re- |
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** September 1979 |
El Fatah returned to Libya and recommenced transmissions of SPLAJBC. |
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** ** 1984 |
El Fatah towed into the Mediterranean and sunk as the result of being used as target practice by the Libyan Air Force. It is believed that the Almasira (formerly Mebo and Angela) also suffered the same fate. |
