bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I am looking for overhead views, similar to the one below, of the ice patrol ship HMS Endurance, the one that served from 1967 to 1991, for a build project. I've searched the web and googled etc., but have been unable to find images showing the deck machinery and fittings. I photocopied this image decades ago, before colour and hi-res, but the detail is too grainy for my project. I don't know where this source image came from so I can't re-scan it. Something like this, hopefully in colour and hi-res, would be just right. HMS Endurance - before her 1987 refit and flight deck redesign/conversion. I would be grateful to see, or hear about, any images that would show this sort of detail. Thanks. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Plenty on Google, and in full colour. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=HMS+Endurance+1967&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy9fXX_MXXAhUELsAKHdwfCzIQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=893 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, bootneck said: I've searched the web and googled etc., but have been unable to find images showing the deck machinery and fittings. Already checked those Dave but they don't show overhead views in any detail that can be used for modelling. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 What time period are you after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Sorry, read your original post, and the answer is there Doh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 I think we've all done that at some stage in our enthusiasm to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewa Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Not truely overhead and not free, but there are these available as prints: http://www.fotoflite.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=NULL&product_id=129388&category_id=38&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=20 http://www.fotoflite.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=NULL&product_id=8485&category_id=38&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=20 http://www.fotoflite.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=NULL&product_id=129387&category_id=38&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=20 http://www.fotoflite.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=NULL&product_id=129384&category_id=38&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=20 There are a few more photos on the website if you search for "Endurance A171" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thanks Andrew, but £18.50 is a bit steep (actually, very steep) for a 7" x 5" photo. Thanks for pointing these out for me though. I just wish I could find the original of the b/w photocopy that I posted. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewa Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Have you tried Flickr - there are a few on there. When I get a sec I'll flick through my library to see if there is anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 I hadn't thought of that; I'll start searching now. cheers. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Mike, thus website appears to have the same photo as your scan. http://www.mclaren.gs/bscott.html It appears to be fairly high res on my phone, maybe some help if you haven't seen it already Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/aux_vessels/endurance_a171_1956_page_1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANDYLIZARD1978 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Navy news will have a supply of images of her, maybe contact them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: Mike, thus website appears to have the same photo as your scan. http://www.mclaren.gs/bscott.html It appears to be fairly high res on my phone, maybe some help if you haven't seen it already Steve. Hi Steve, That's the image and it does look to be of a higher res. I've saved a copy and will work on it tomorrow to enhance it. I need to identify where the capstans, winches and bollards etc. need to go, especially those on the foc'sl Thanks. Just now, RANDYLIZARD1978 said: Navy news will have a supply of images of her, maybe contact them. Hi Randy, Most of the Navy News editions are on-line now and I've gone through them all without much success. Loads of images of Endurance but, like most ship photographers, they tend to take distant oblique-bow shots which don't show where the deck fittings are. I will give NN a call though, just in case they can help. Thanks. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 My late father served on her in, I think, 1967 and had scanned a load of slides on to PC. I'll have a look through them, although I doubt there are many (if any) overhead shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 That could be really helpful as deck scenes would give similar info, just from eye-level. cheers Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I'll try to remember to have a look on his PC when I next visit my mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Mike, I've checked the photographs on my dad's PC (one of the saddest things I've ever had to do but that's another story) and, somewhat unsurprisingly as he was 23 and it was his first time in the sub-Antartic, most of the photographs are of the wildlife, sea and landscape around the Falklands and South Georgia. I'm sure there are slides of the ship which he hadn't scanned and I know my mum has a Christmas card from him which has a photograph of Endurance, I can definitely take a photograph and might be able to scan it; I'll let you know after my next visit to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewa Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Are you still looking for information Mike? I took a dozen or so photos of the large scale model of Endurance model at the FAA Museum last month - think recruiting office model from back in the day - she's post-87 as there are 2 Lynx's on the flihgt deck. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hello Andrew, Those photo's would be of great help please. Although the flight deck had been raised, much of the area forward of that was virtually the same as before. The main area of concern for me is the gap between the forward and aft accommodation blocks; hopefully your photo's might help identify that. cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 These guys may have some info. https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/ There were no photos when I was there earlier this year, but they must have an archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thanks, I have fired off an email to them but I'm not sure they would hold anything about the structure of a Royal Naval ship. cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Don't overlook the Maritime Press Royal Navy In Focus (RNIF) series. There's a July 68 B+W photo from sea level on p.58 of RNIF1960-69 and an undated colour shot from alongside but slightly above on p.70 of RNIF 1970-79. TBH neither is the overhead shot you asked for but they are nice large (A4) clear photos, mostly from the Wright & Logan collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I've got a couple of friends who were Flt Cdrs in ENDURANCE in the mid to late 80s. I'll drop them a line on LinkedIn and see if any of them have any that they may have taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks. Nothing came back from the SPRI so still looking. What is more ironic is that I used to walk past her, on my way to Fountain Lake Jetty, each morning whilst she was in refit! I never thought to take any other photo's. cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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