{"id":1393,"date":"2023-05-25T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2023-07-10T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:23:12","slug":"christopher-williams-a-maritime-life-story-the-venus-who-rose-from-the-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2023\/05\/25\/christopher-williams-a-maritime-life-story-the-venus-who-rose-from-the-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Williams: A Maritime Life-Story &#8211; The \u2018Venus\u2019 Who Rose From The Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Audio Version<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read by Christopher Williams<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: A Maritime Life Story: The \u2018Venus\u2019 Who Rose From The Waves\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/00rXRIQkCiozACdnRDgtoq?si=d1f742e37fa243e0&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Text Version<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1372 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/01\/IMG_0086mono-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">On Board Venus: Motor Vessel: Captain.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N01525, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">My fellow Digitisation Volunteer Richard True has described in two blog posts how he set about trying to identify the girl \u2018Mary\u2019 at the wheel of a passenger ship called \u2018Venus\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mary features in a photograph taken by Anthony Kersting on a voyage from Southampton to Madeira in March 1953.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The links to his blog posts are below \u2013 and he does track her down!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2022\/10\/06\/richard-true-kerstings-visit-to-madeira\/\">Kersting&#8217;s Visit to Madeira<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2023\/01\/30\/richard-true-search-for-kerstings-mary-continues\/\">Search for Kersting&#8217;s Mary Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">My curiosity was piqued by Richard\u2019s search: what is the story of the other \u2018she\u2019 in the photographs, namely, the ship herself?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">What a story it turned out to be:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">a source of Norwegian national pride when she entered service in 1931, dubbed the \u2018Queen of the North Sea\u2019 and featuring royalty on her passenger lists;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">requisitioned in WW2 by Nazi Germany and used to train U-boats in the Baltic;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">sunk at Hamburg by allied bombers;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">re-floated at the war\u2019s end \u2013 Venus rises from\u00a0\u00a0the waves!<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">repaired and returned to peacetime sailing;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">running aground in a storm in Plymouth Sound and again rising from the waves!<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">in her most glorious hours, rescuing the crew of a stricken vessel in horrendous conditions in the North Sea, to international acclaim and as commemorated in oils by the eminent maritime artist Frank Mason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is her story\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen-1024x429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/2-Venus-model-Bergen.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Display model of MS Venus as originally configured, 1930s. Photo: Bergens Sj\u00f8fartsmuseum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Built at Helsing\u00f8r (Elsinor) in Denmark, MS <i>Venus<\/i> was owned by the Bergen Steamship Company (Norwegian: Bergenske Dampskibsselskab or BDS) \u2013 the company\u2019s funnels were painted black with three widely spaced narrow white bands. She had a gross tonnage of 5407, a length of 398 ft and a beam of 54 ft; she was a twin-screw vessel powered by 2x Burmeister &amp; Wain four-cycle, 10-cylinder diesels delivering a total of some 9,500 bhp, giving her a speed of 19.5 knots. The ship originally had cabins for 278 passengers. She cost NOK 5.2 million when delivered in April 1931 and was the most expensive ship BDS had owned to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On 30 April 1931, <i>Venus<\/i> went to Oslo to be presented to King Haakon VII and representatives of the Norwegian government and the Storting. The king raised a toast on behalf of the fatherland and believed that such a beautiful ship as <i>Venus<\/i> must be at the service of the whole country. A few days later, the Danish king stated after seeing the ship that there was only one fault with her; that she did not belong to a Danish shipping company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On 6 May 1931, she took her maiden voyage from Bergen to Newcastle. In the years leading up to WW2, she maintained a summer service along with another BDS ship of four round trips per week, with departures from Bergen at 11.00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and from the purpose-built Tyne Commission Quay, North Shields, Newcastle at 19.30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Queen Maud of Norway was a frequent passenger until her death in 1938 and other notable travellers included the Thai royal family in 1936.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was on one of these inter-war journeys that <i>Venus<\/i> had undoubtedly her finest moment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Late at night on 19 January 1937, <i>Venus<\/i> was en route to Newcastle in a storm when an SOS was heard from the cargo vessel <i>Trym<\/i>, which was en route from Kirkenes to Middlesbrough. <i>Venus<\/i> went to assist and remained standing by <i>Trym<\/i>, with the winds increasing to hurricane force. First attempts at rescue were thwarted until early in the morning of the 21 January, <i>Venus<\/i> launched a lifeboat with 9 volunteers under the leadership of 2nd Mate Rolf Andreassen. With extra-ordinary bravery, Ordinary Seaman Perry Opsahl on the <i>Trym<\/i> jumped into the wild seas and swam to take a line to the lifeboat, allowing six of <i>Trym<\/i>&#8216;s crew to be taken off and brought back to <i>Venus<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With conditions worsening and the <i>Trym<\/i> at risk of foundering, Captain Dreyer of the <i>Venus<\/i> manoeuvred close to <i>Trym<\/i> so that a line could be fired from the bow across to the <i>Trym<\/i> so that those still on board could be hauled over the wild seas to safety. All were saved. The success of this rescue made headlines across Europe. British newspapers referred to it as the most heroic rescue operation of the century and portrayed Captain Dreyer as a wise, calm and masterful Viking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Venus<\/i> received a great reception on return to Bergen &#8211; probably 25,000 people showed up. Opsal from <i>Trym<\/i> and those of the crew of <i>Venus<\/i> who had participated directly in the rescue operation were awarded the \u2018medal for noble deeds\u2019. First mate Brynjulf Bjarnir and nine crew members were awarded the King&#8217;s Medal of Merit in gold. Opsal also received a gift of NOK 10,000 from the city of Oslo.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As well as these Norwegian awards, the committee of Lloyd\u2019s in London commemorated the event with a bronze plaque and awarded medals for saving life at sea to Captain Dreyer and those who manned the boat from <i>Venus<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1395 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/3-Lloyds-Plaque-1937.jpg 886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Lloyd\u2019s Commemorative Plaque. Photo: Bergens Sj\u00f8fartsmuseum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/4-Trym-Venus-Mason-Berg-museum-2-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/4-Trym-Venus-Mason-Berg-museum-2-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"867\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/4-Trym-Venus-Mason-Berg-museum-2-detail.jpg 867w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/4-Trym-Venus-Mason-Berg-museum-2-detail-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/4-Trym-Venus-Mason-Berg-museum-2-detail-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Trym and Venus, painting by FH Mason, oil on canvas, 60cmx100cm &#8211; detail. Photo: Bergens Sj\u00f8fartsmuseum<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The rescue of the last crew members was depicted in a painting by Frank Henry Mason RBA, RI, RSMA (1875-1965), an English artist best known for his maritime, shipping, coastal and harbou<i>r<\/i> paintings, and as a creator of art deco travel and railway posters.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">He had served in the Great War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve \u2013 undoubtedly giving him a further insight into depicting maritime events.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/5-Lt-F-Wilson-RNVR-WW1-IWM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/5-Lt-F-Wilson-RNVR-WW1-IWM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/5-Lt-F-Wilson-RNVR-WW1-IWM.jpg 531w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/5-Lt-F-Wilson-RNVR-WW1-IWM-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #333333\">Lt Frank Henry Mason RNVR in WW1 \u2013 photo IWM collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">His painting <i>Trym and Venus<\/i> now hangs in Bergens Sj\u00f8fartsmuseum (Bergen Maritime Museum). Look closely and you can see a crewman from <i>Trym <\/i>being hauled across to <i>Venus<\/i>, suspended from the line running between the two ships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Darker times lay ahead for <i>Venus<\/i>, however. Following the outbreak of World War 2 and the occupation of Norway by German forces, <i>Venus<\/i> was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and sailed to the Baltic Sea under the German flag, to be rebuilt at Neptunwerft in Rostock, where the interior was removed. The ship was then used as a training target by the 26th U-boat Flotilla, which trained newly commissioned U-boats in the firing of torpedoes. In 1945, as the Soviets advanced deeper into Eastern Europe, the flotilla relocated westwards. Finally, on 20 March 1945, <i>Venus<\/i> was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft in Walterhofer Hafen near Hamburg. One bomb hit the aft hatch and another hit next to the ship, causing her to sink \u2013 though the water was so shallow that parts of her structure remained above the surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But her story did not end there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In June 1945, it was decided that it would be possible, though expensive, to salvage her. This work took until early 1948 to complete; she was repaired and refitted in Helsing\u00f8r, Aarhus and Copenhagen in Denmark and Landskrona in Sweden.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A cargo hold on the ship was scrapped and passenger accommodation increased and a garage fitted out. After the conversion, the ship could take 143 passengers in 1st class, 257 in 2nd class and an additional 60 in a cheaper class aimed at groups of young travellers \u2013 totalling 460 passengers, against 278 passengers before the war. The bow, deckhouse and bridge were also modernised. The restoration cost around NOK 16 million.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On 4 May 1948, she arrived back in Oslo to be displayed, where it was agreed that it was still right to call her the &#8220;Queen of the North Sea&#8221;. King Olaf of Norway said it had been a pleasure to have the MS <i>Venus<\/i> again &#8220;in her new, beautiful guise&#8221;. The next day, she sailed into Bergen, after visiting Stavanger and Haugesund. Six thousand people turned up on the quay to welcome her. The first trip to England after her restoration took place on 8 May 1948, sailing first to London then on to Newcastle before the return trip to Bergen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the summer seasons, MS <i>Venus<\/i> continued to sail the North Sea route from Bergen to Newcastle. Every winter season from December to April from 1948 until the mid 1960s, MS <i>Venus<\/i> offered ten-day cruises from Southampton or Plymouth in Great Britain to Madeira and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which also took advantage of the cargo opportunity provided by the import of fruit and vegetables to the UK. It was one of these cruises in the spring of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>1953 that carried Anthony Kersting and his camera \u2013 and when he pictured \u2018Mary\u2019 on the bridge at the ship\u2019s wheel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1398 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/6-leaving-Funchal-25Mar53.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Harbour: Motor Vessel Venus, 25 March 1953.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Detail of image by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N01577, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1399 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53-1024x491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/7-At-Funchal-25Mar53.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Shore, 25 March 1953.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Detail of image by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N01575, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1400 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/8-Funnel-boat-deck-T.3.jpg 1574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>MV Venus: On Board, 23 Mar 1953.<br \/>\nImage by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_T000003, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1401 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570-1024x785.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570-1536x1178.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/9-Departure-from-Tenerife-N1570.jpg 1565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Spain, Canary Islands, Tenerife. 6 April 1953.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 0.75rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N01570, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1402 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/10-At-Funchal-from-Reids-Hotel-26Mar53.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, From Reid&#8217;s Hotel, 26 March 1953.<br \/>\nDetail from image by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_H07489, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1403 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2-1536x1188.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/11-at-sea-T.2.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>MV Venus: On Board, 23 March 1953.<br \/>\nImage by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_T000002, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Not all voyages were smooth sailing. Most conspicuously, on 23 March 1955, <i>Venus<\/i> dragged her anchors in a storm in Plymouth Sound and ran aground on the Mountbatten Reefs on the eastern shore of the Sound. Three tugboats arrived in the morning to try to pull the ship free, but without success. All on board, apart from essential crew, were put ashore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1404\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1404\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-485x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-485x1024.jpg 485w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-768x1622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-727x1536.jpg 727w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955-970x2048.jpg 970w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/12-Venus-lifeboat-lowered-Plymouth-March-1955.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24 March 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1405\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/13-Venus-aground-Danish-maritime-museum-Berlingske-Tidende-2048x1224.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Venus aground in Plymouth Sound, March 1955.<br \/>\nPhotographer(s) unknown. Source: M\/S Museet for S\u00f8fart [Maritime Museum of Denmark] &#8211; Berlingske Tidende<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Major damage was visible at the bottom of the hull and there was water seeping into some of the cabins. Compressed air was used to keep the water out. Finally, on 26 March when there was a spring tide, the salvage crew managed to pull the ship free at the fourth attempt. She was towed into Plymouth and examined by divers to get a full overview of the damage:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>outer plates in the bottom were torn up and a leak was discovered in the tanks forward and amidships.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some of these events in Plymouth Sound were captured on film in unused British Path\u00e9 News footage, which can be seen in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zrJXI2skrQ\">YouTube clip.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She was eventually towed to Amsterdam for full repairs to be carried out; she arrived back in her home port Bergen on 31 May to resume her sailing schedule \u2013 and to give Kersting further opportunities to sail on her on his photo expeditions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1407\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197-1536x1174.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/15-Bergen-Fjord-N2197.jpg 1570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Norway, Venus in Bergen Fjord, June 1958.<br \/>\nImage by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N02197, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1406\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/14-Venus-passengers-June-1958-N2229.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Norway, On Venus, June 1958.<br \/>\nImage by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_N02229, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1408\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178-1024x794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178-1536x1191.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/16-Bergen-Fjord-G2178.jpg 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Norway, Vestland, Bergen, Bergen Fjord: M\/S Venus, 14 July 1962.<br \/>\nImage by Anthony Kersting. KER_PNT_G02178, The Courtauld, CC-BY-NC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In early 1965 the ship made two cruises to the Mediterranean and the Greek Islands, before starting on a new direct route from Stavanger to Newcastle, but still making some calls to Bergen. In March 1966, <i>Venus<\/i> again set out on a cruise to the Mediterranean, this time as far east as Haifa in Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In contrast to this time cruising in Mediterranean sun, financial clouds were however gathering over MS <i>Venus<\/i>. Four cruises planned for the autumn of 1968 from Southampton to the Canary Islands were cancelled because of poor ticket sales. BDS put the ship up for sale &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>her fate was sealed when she was bought for scrapping by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd. based at Faslane on the Lower Clyde. On 5 October she arrived in Bergen for the last time. Valuable objects and artworks were removed and on 17 October 1968 she sailed on her final journey from Bergen to the Clyde and her destruction. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is how the Norwegian newspaper <i>Bergens Tidende<\/i> described her departure on its front page:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;The 36-year-old North Sea Queen set out from the quay at Laksev\u00e5g and headed across the Puddefjord towards Nordnes and made an elegant turn outside the Skoltegrunnskaien, where it has docked for all these years. With a series of deep blasts from the whistle it sent a final salute into the town and instantly there was a response from a number of boats from the harbour\u2026 bidding the proud ship farewell. And then the course was set west, for the last time Venus rounded Kvarven and disappeared out of sight from the city as hundreds of proud schooners have done before her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">*<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Epilogue<\/b> \u2013 Did she \u2018Leave not a wrack behind\u2019? &#8211; Not quite.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You can still bid for MS <i>Venus<\/i> memorabilia on e-Bay!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture1-postard-Venus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1409 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture1-postard-Venus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture1-postard-Venus.png 478w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture1-postard-Venus-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture2-ashtray-Venus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1410 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture2-ashtray-Venus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture2-ashtray-Venus.png 517w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture2-ashtray-Venus-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture3-cabin-card.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture3-cabin-card.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture3-cabin-card.png 473w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/04\/ebay-Picture3-cabin-card-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Items for sale on e-Bay, 4 April 2023 \u2013 exactly 70 years after Kersting\u2019s voyage to Madeira and the Canaries on MS Venus<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">And of course, you can trawl the Courtauld Digital Archive for images of the ship and the places she visited with Kersting and his camera on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Christopher Williams, <\/b><b>Digitisation Volunteer, May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">***<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><b>Sources:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">There is a comprehensive [Norwegian language] history of MS <i>Venus<\/i> on Wikipedia at:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/no.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_%25C2%25ABVenus%25C2%25BB\">https:\/\/no.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_%C2%ABVenus%C2%BB<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">and of the Bergen Steamship Company (Bergenske Dampskibsselskab &#8211; BDS) at: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen_Steamship_Company\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergen_Steamship_Company<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Maritime Museums:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s3\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Norway: Bergens Sj\u00f8fartsmuseum: <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaltmuseum.no\/owners\/BSJ\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/digitaltmuseum.no\/owners\/BSJ<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Denmark: M\/S Museet for S\u00f8fart: <a href=\"https:\/\/mfs.dk\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/mfs.dk\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The grounding in Plymouth Sound is featured in British Path\u00e9 News unused footage \u2018SS [sic] Venus Runs Aground (1955)\u2019 duration 2m:12s, viewable at:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zrJXI2skrQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zrJXI2skrQ<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Eyewitness accounts and images of the grounding and repairs in Plymouth can be found on this forum: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.submerged.co.uk\/gotaway-venus\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.submerged.co.uk\/gotaway-venus\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The artist Frank Henry Algernon Mason\u2019s life and works are described here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Henry_Mason\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Henry_Mason<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">and here:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pannettartgallery.org\/havens-and-harbours-the-marine-art-of-frank-henry-mason\/\">https:\/\/www.pannettartgallery.org\/havens-and-harbours-the-marine-art-of-frank-henry-mason\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio Version Read by Christopher Williams Text Version On Board Venus: Motor Vessel: Captain. 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