A distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Antarctic patrol ship Endurance (1956) under way entering the River Medway, Kent, bound in for Chatham with the motor tugs Kennet (1965) and Knighton (1968) following astern.

A distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Antarctic patrol ship Endurance (1956) under way entering the River Medway, Kent, bound in for Chatham with the motor tugs Kennet (1965) and Knighton (1968) following astern. The pendant number of the Endurance is A171 and she is being escorted by a harbour launch. Both tugs are dressed overall and they are jetting water into the air from hoses on the towing deck. Negatives numbers PM2347/8A to PM2348/18A were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM2348/16A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Endurance (1956); Kennet (1965) Knighton (1968)
Date made: 1980-1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm