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Patrick Roy Bates (29 August 1921 – 9 October 2012), self-styled as Prince Roy of Sealand, was a British pirate radio broadcaster and micronationalist, who founded the self-proclaimed Principality of Sealand.
Oct 13, 2012 · Paddy Roy Bates,the self-proclaimed prince of Sealand, died this week at the age of 91. In 1965, Bates boarded an artillery platform seven miles off the English coast and set up Radio...
Nov 2, 2012 · In 1965 Paddy Roy Bates, a former army major, took possession of a WWII sea fort off the east coast of England and set up Radio Essex, the first pirate station to offer a 24-hour service....
Aug 15, 2019 · On Christmas Eve of 1966, Paddy Roy Bates, a retired British army major, drove a small boat with an outboard motor seven miles off the coast of England into the North Sea. He had sneaked out...
Oct 12, 2012 · No man is an island, with one exception: Paddy Roy Bates, the prince of Sealand. And on Oct. 1o, he passed away. His kingdom was, admittedly, small: a derelict WWII artillery platform, perched on...
Oct 13, 2012 · Paddy Roy Bates,the self-proclaimed prince of Sealand, died this week at the age of 91. In 1965, Bates boarded an artillery platform seven miles off the English coast...
Oct 15, 2012 · A born swashbuckler, Paddy Roy Bates fought in the Spanish Civil War as a teenager, faced a Greek firing squad in World War II and had a German stick bomb explode in his face. But the sturdy Brit...
Oct 9, 2012 · Paddy Roy Bates. Born 29 August 1921. Died 9 October 2012. Service Number: 156190. Bates served with the 1st Battalion of Royal Fusiliers, rising to the rank of Major. He had served with the 8th Army in North Africa and at the Battle of Monte Cassino, being injured on several occasions.
Oct 13, 2012 · Paddy Roy Bates,the self-proclaimed prince of Sealand, died this week at the age of 91. In 1965, Bates boarded an artillery platform seven miles off the English coast and set up...
Oct 13, 2012 · Paddy Roy Bates, the self-proclaimed Prince of Sealand, passed away on October 9. Prince Roy was the founder and first sovereign of the non-recognised Principality of Sealand. Bates was born on 29 August 1921 in London to Harry and Lilyan Bates He served in the British Army, rising to the rank of Major.
