Above: Before becoming the Droit de Parole, Cariboo working in the ice of the Antartic

When Radio Brod closed the ship was taken to Marseille where all the broadcasting equipment was removed.

In 1994, the Droit de Parole was sold to Veesea, renamed the Veesea Pearl, and used as a safety standby vessel in the North Sea oil industry.

She was sold in 2000 to Seahorse in Cork, Ireland, renamed the Pearl, and served as a multi purpose vessel.

In 2016 she was sold again to the Karpower Ship Co. (a subsidiary of the Turkish Power company Karadeniz Holding), renamed Karadeniz Powership Remzi Bey and, registered in Liberia, still sails as an offshore tug/supply ship.

Built as a supply ship the Fort Reliance was ice strengthened for Antarctic surveying work and carried fire fighting equipment. In 1989 she was re-named Cariboo.

She was hired for use by Radio Brod from Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (CNN)

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Thanks to Martin van der Ven for allowing us to use some additional information from the Broadcasting Fleet section of the Offshore Radio Guide  in this Gallery

Ships - The Main Fleet

Above: two views of Droit de Parole  as Karadeniz Powership Remzi Bey