Shipmates

Had Sep been here today, he could probably name these on-board colleagues, taking a break.

Another good on-board photo.

Sep on the left, looking very young.

It's worth noting that the blue tinge of the ‘print’ is the natural result of inverting the negative, which was yellowed. I could convert it to greyscale, but find that the eye is better able to distinguish shades of blue than of grey. My eyes, anyway.

Sep on the right.

Sep’s shipmates definitely off-duty!

Sep on left?

That car

I don't know what make it is, but it has an Isle of Wight number plate! Perhaps the Internet can advise us what year it was first registered. Then we will have to calculate how old it was when Sep bought it.

by the car

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Mysterious shots on land

I wonder if this is Cowes? There is a grassy slope there by the seafront. I had to darken the picture to bring out as many as possible of its wonderful details.

This one had a pinkish negative. Is this the bonnet of a car or a bus? Is it a puppy or a soft toy sitting on it?

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/.