Brian Derbyshire Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Greetings I am in the process of trying to convert a Airfix leander to HMS Arethusa, as Ikara conversion 1979. I can,t seem to remember the hull colour of the ships boats, whaler and cheverton. It 3rd frigate squadron group 8 deployment to far east,I can recall Falmouths boats being fire engine red! She was same squadron and think colours were same for all squadron boats. Any seaman dept out there remember? Cheers Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 They varied. I was a Midshipman in Dido in 1979 and her whaler had a deep blue hull, from memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Ship's boats colour can change during a ship's lifetime. I recall HMS Antrim having sky-blue boats prior to a refit in 1978 and maroon afterwards. I have seen colour pictures of HMS Arethusa with the same two colours on her boats at various points in her Ikara career. Royal and Dark Blues were also popular colours. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Derbyshire Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Greetings Gents Thanks for your help, think i,ll go with a blue,can,t seem to find any colour photos that show boats. Love your work . Cheers Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I just Googled "hms arethusa f38" and in the images section of the search results there are at least two colour pictures of Arethusa with boats of different colours. You might need to scroll for a while though. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Derbyshire Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 After looking at every picture on images i.am thinking the maroon/red,would be correct for 1979 Cheers for the help gents . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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