She ran aground on the Goodwin Sands in November 1991, bringing the era of offshore pirate radio in Europe to an end.

In 1976 she landed a catch of 3,000 kits (approximately 218 tonnes) of Icelandic cod at Grimsby, subsequently sold for a world record price of £75,597.

Problems with the engines forced the ship to be towed by the Spanish tug 'MV Aznar Jose Luis' to its anchorage.

The next day, a test transmission was made on 963 kHz, some time after which Ross Revenge shifted anchorage to the Knock John Deep.

On 20 January 1984, Ross Revenge lost her anchor and drifted south onto a sand bank 2 miles (3.2 km) within British waters, and broadcasts were stopped.

From Radio Caroline's inception, small vessels originating from the English coast brought newspapers, discs, crew, and DJs to Ross Revenge.

During and following the "Eurosiege" of 1985, in which the Dutch naval minesweeper HNLMS Makkum was anchored near Ross Revenge, the skipper of Zeemeeuw deemed it too risky to continue ferrying fuel, and so Radio Monique acquired the use of Poolster, again operating from Nieuwpoort.

[8] Plans were made prior to the mast collapse to install another 50 kW transmitter, so a new 500 KVA generator was brought aboard the ship, along with a new main electrical switchboard.

Trinity House warned the station that the ship must be lit during the hours of darkness, to comply with maritime regulations.

The next day the crew from the Trinity House vessel Patricia boarded Ross Revenge, checked the stores and general condition of the ship and then left.

North Foreland Radio and other coastal stations issued hourly reports warning shipping vessels that Ross Revenge was unmanned and unlit.

On 14 December a successful boarding attempt was made, and at approximately 11:00 Peter Chicago (main engineer) regained control of Ross Revenge.

He was joined by Tony Collis, who had advised Chicago of rumours of foreign tugs on their way to claim Ross Revenge for salvage.

By the early hours of the next morning force ten storms were battering Ross Revenge, and eventually the main anchoring system failed.

Dover Coast Guard asked other sea traffic to confirm that the ship they were tracking was the Ross Revenge [dubious – discuss].

On 21 November, Dextrous managed to get lines on Ross Revenge and successfully pulled the radio ship off the Goodwin Sands next day.

In October 1993 Ross Revenge was anchored off Bradwell-On-Sea in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, within sight of the Bradwell nuclear power station.

On 25 September Ross Revenge was towed from Southend to the Thames Quay, West India Docks in Docklands, London, by the tugs Horton and Warrior.

In February 1996 the ship was towed from South quay, Docklands towards Ailsa Perth Marine's shipyard at Chatham, Kent, and put into dry dock.

On Christmas Eve 1999, MV Ross Revenge, still anchored in the River Medway, broke its moorings during high winds and ran aground on a sandbank.

Two tugs were radioed by another ship moored nearby and managed to pull Ross Revenge off the bank and tow it into Sheerness harbour.

In August 2004, the vessel was used for (legitimate) Radio Caroline broadcasts on 1278 kHz, while berthed on the River Thames at Tilbury.

The entry states: "It is believed she is the last example of a distant water side trawler and the only remaining pirate radio ship in the world.

On Friday 22 December 2017, Radio Caroline launched a new 24 hours per day AM service on 648 kHz (463 metres) Medium Wave for Suffolk and North Essex with a series of special programmes broadcast from the Ross Revenge; however the transmitters are land-based, with the audio coming from the ship's on-board studios.