MV Athelprince

I’m most grateful to Raymond Forward for his archive of ships of the Athel Line. This has provided information about the Athelprince, in which Sep served as an engineer for at least one voyage, recorded in this newly discovered box of 100 negatives, taken in 1929. Here are some details of the ship and its service in WWII:

Built 1926 Furness SB. Co, Haverton Hill-on-Tees.
8782 grt
471ft 3ins x 62ft 5ins
Twin screw, 10½ knots "an old ship engaged in the trans-Atlantic trade, which was fitted out to refuel convoy escorts, while underway, and also replenish their depth charges".
1940 2304 hrs 11th June, U-46 reported torpedo hit on Athelprince; damaged position 43.42N 13.20W.
1941 06.27hrs 29th March U-48 attacked convoy HX-115 off Cape Finisterre - Schultze claimed a tanker sunk. The Athelprince was not, in fact, hit.
In June 1942, the Athelprince picked up 23 survivors from the HARDWICKE GRANGE, which had been sunk by U-129 12th June north of Puerto Rico, and landed them at Nuevitas, Cuba.
1954 scrapped at Faslane.

Using the photo of the Athelprince as reference, this shot was taken from the starboard side looking aft, at a level lower than the bridge.

And here is a similar shot from the same day.

Another shot of the stormy sea, taken on the same day, possibly on the port side looking aft.

This must be the Athelprince. Note the diamond-shaped logo on the funnel.

This photo is from http://www.photoship.co.uk/.