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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: mtabbut on Saturday 16 November 19 19:59 GMT (UK)
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Hello,
Would it be possible for anyone to clean up this photo a bit? The photo was taken after my dad's ship, the Silvercedar, was sunk by a torpedo in the North Atlantic, Oct. 1941. My dad and crewmates were rescued by a French ship called the Mimosa. Someone on the Mimosa took pictures of the rescue and sent them back to Liverpool. My dad got a copy of the series of photos. This is the only one that isn't clear, but I can still see my dad right in the middle of the group! I'd know his smile anywhere.
Thanks
Maureen
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Hi,Maureen.
Any chance of a better scan? With the amount of damage to your photo restorers will need as much help as they can get. You're allowed to post a file of up to 500 kb on here and yours is less than 50 kb.
Cheers,
Peter
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Not directly concerned with your request to clean up your photograph.
I don't know what information you have on the sinking of SILVERCEDAR but I have a copy of the official Survivors Report if you need it.
I guess you have this, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1153.html
Did your dad return to sea after this incident? If so do you have details of his ongoing Merchant Navy career?
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Hi,Maureen.
Any chance of a better scan? With the amount of damage to your photo restorers will need as much help as they can get. You're allowed to post a file of up to 500 kb on here and yours is less than 50 kb.
Cheers,
Peter
Hello Peter,
Thanks for your interest. I have trouble uploading pictures here. I had the original size, but I got an error message saying that it was too large to post here. I will do a little research on how to fix this. Thanks!
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Not directly concerned with your request to clean up your photograph.
I don't know what information you have on the sinking of SILVERCEDAR but I have a copy of the official Survivors Report if you need it.
I guess you have this, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1153.html
Did your dad return to sea after this incident? If so do you have details of his ongoing Merchant Navy career?
Thanks so much for your message. Dad did return to sea as soon as he could according to his discharge book. He said that he survived because he slept with his life jacket on. I think that I have seen the survivor's report, but I'm going to follow your link just to make sure. I will post a picture taken after the rescue of my dad and a shipmate, Arthur Kelly. Arthur was just 16. I was in touch with Arthur up to 2 years ago, but I've not heard from him of late. In the picture I will post my dad is the taller man to the left. He and Arthur are wearing "Free French" uniforms as they lost everything in the sinking. Dad passed away in 2006. Thanks for your interest, and I will follow that link.
Maureen
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Dad, John Duffy, and shipmate Arthur Kelly after their rescue. Dad is actually to the right of this picture.
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This was in the Liverpool Echo after the sinking of the Silvercedar. Funny that I could post the picture of Dad and Arthur Kelly with no error message. I will look into the sizing of my original picture. I will sort this out :)
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Hi,Maureen.
Any chance of a better scan? With the amount of damage to your photo restorers will need as much help as they can get. You're allowed to post a file of up to 500 kb on here and yours is less than 50 kb.
Cheers,
Peter
Testing my resize attempt ... Not sure if restore will be possible. This is a terrible picture of a faded photograph. Sorry. I don't own the original. It is in my cousin's house, and I just took a picture of the photo that was placed on her kitchen table. Worth a try though :)
Now, only half of it shows up. Sorry. Just ignore my feeble attempts. By messing around with the resizing I can see my dad better in this picture at least. Thanks anyway- Maureen
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I have attached the first of 3 pages from the Survivors report, taken from the British National Archive. Piece ADM199/2138 Page 272.
This is not contained within the link to uboat.net. If you have not seen it, just send your email address via personal message and I will send the complete file to you.
I note that your father is not recorded on the Crew List by uboat.net. (Arthur Kelly is)
For the sake of history and the memory of your dad this needs to be amended.
If you have not got a copy of the original Crew of SILVERCEDAR, (official number 147694) it can be obtained from here.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11043856
Just ask for the LAST Crew Agreement and Logbook.
Was your dad born in Liverpool 03/05/1924? if not could you give his date and place of birth?
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Hi Maureen, if you search on google for Silvercedar you will see 3 or 4 items about this cargo ship. One of the items is a list of survivors and as Seadog says your father is not mentioned, I too was going to suggest you contacted them. They would be interested in your photos too.
Pat
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You will need some kind of proof. A copy of your dads Discharge book should be fine.
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship1153.html
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Sorry Seaweed for calling you Seadog, another senior moment !!
Pat
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Well I've given this a try, but it is not right, unfortunately your copy did not have enough detail to do a proper restoration. Here is my attempt.
Pat.
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Sorry Seaweed for calling you Seadog, another senior moment !!
Pat
No worries,
I have been called much worse!
regards SW
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Well I've given this a try, but it is not right, unfortunately your copy did not have enough detail to do a proper restoration. Here is my attempt.
Pat.
Pat,
thanks for trying :) I actually have the negatives to the pictures (big negatives!) I will see what can be done with the negatives. Thank you for your help.
Maureen
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You will need some kind of proof. A copy of your dads Discharge book should be fine.
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship1153.html
Pat & Seaweed- thanks! I will certainly follow up on this and share the information with that website. I think it is so important to share this type of information.
THanks!
Maureen
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My try. :)
Peter
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Probably not worth posting this, but I thought I'd have a go at it. I'll upload a smaller size since it didn't work anyway. I straightened and cropped it a bit. Maybe your cousin could have the photo scanned or you could get a decent print made from the negative.
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Hello Maureen
I am Andy Biegala, formerly a deck cadet and officer with Silver Line in the 70's and 80's.
I have an interest in the history of Silverline and in particular with the SilverCedar which has captured my imagination due to old ship photographs and her history.
I would love to have electronic copies of your survivors pictures and to hear from you about any other materials you have related to the ship and/or your father.
Hope to hear from you.
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Hi Andy and welcome to Rootschat, Maureen hasn't been on Rootschat since November last year. If you want to send her a personal message you can do so by clicking onto the text icon beneath her name on the left. You will need to make one more post to enable you to do this. Just reply to this message and you will be able to contact her.
Good Luck!
Carol