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Ship's Diary  During her time at sea, HMS Endurance will be sending back regular diaries to keep us all up to date with what is happening on this deployment. Use the links below to read extracts from the diary. Trafalgar Celebrations Multi Beam Trials Summer Highlights Sonar Investigations A Stormy Life Some Interesting Facts Time Zone Changes Eye of the Storm Remembrance Sunday NBCD Its A Knockout Estrela Visit to HMS Endurance Endurance Encounters QE2 Again! St Ippolyts CE Primary School The Engineering Department News from the Flight Department Photos from the Flight Department Communications in Antarctica Kevin Schafer Christmas Message Endurance meets Ellen MacArthur Photos from the Flight Department Coachhouse Publications Update by Nick Lambert, Captain, HMS Endurance Hydrographic Survey Progress Update from Endurance's Hydrographic Surveyors New Year update from the Flight Department BSES Members’ Expedition to South Georgia A Christmas Day Outing Boat Camp South Georgia Update from the Engineering Department BSES Expedition Summary HMS Endurance contributing to World Meteorology BBC Film Crew Feature BBC – Aerial Filming with HMS Endurance Vertical Photography by Lt Scott ‘Stimpy’ Simpson Endurance Enters Port Foster - Deception Island Loadlifting by the Flight Dept February update from the Flight Department HMS Endurance and the 'Ghost Ship' Maxwell Bay Andy Rouse – Wildlife Photographer Site Guidelines Review Team Antarctic Gallery 2005/6 Deployment Gallery by CMEM(M) Pete Morewood HMS ENDURANCE help Norwegians Restore the South Georgia Husvik Villa 2005/6 Deployment Gallery by POAC Andy Johnson 2005/6 Deployment Gallery Part 2 CMEM(M) P Morewood HMS ENDURANCE Lends a Helping Hand Update from Nick Lambert, the Captain of HMS ENDURANCE Engineering Department Update from Lt Matt Liddell, Engineer Officer 2005/6 Deployment Gallery Part 2 by POAC Andy Johnson Warfare Journal by Lt Russ Abbot Penguin Racing Night Deployment Cup April Update from the Flight Department HMS ENDURANCE and ‘The Ghost Ship’ During the HMS ENDURANCE visit to Ushuaia, a rare opportunity arose for one member of the crew to keep a promise that he made back in September 2005. Whilst attending a course in Manchester to prepare him for his new job on board, Warrant Officer ‘Slinkier’ Woods had a conversation with fellow Engineer Officer, Dave Thomas from ‘OM Ships’, a Christian mercy mission organisation that carry out vital work relieving suffering in Third World countries. For many on these vessels it is a lifetime’s work, and most of the time this goes unnoticed to the world’s population. An article in OM Ships’ brochure stood out – the sad loss of the pride of their company, the beautiful LOGOS I. It transpired that an unfortunate sequence of events led to her running aground in the Beagle Channel, a perilous stretch of water that runs through southern Argentina and Chile. The LOGOS I had just completed a refreshing visit to Ushuaia in 1988, and on her out bound journey for Puerto Madryn, fetched up against rocks near Islote Solitario. She remained stuck there and later had to be abandoned much to the dismay of her crew, Dave Thomas included. Much dedicated work and money had been invested in bringing The LOGOS I to a fit state for her missions; she was originally built in 1914, and retained much of the ornate vintage furnishings bestowed upon her in the early twentieth century. More importantly, she carried a cargo of literally thousands of valuable books and Christian artefacts, the essential material of their greatly received, and much needed mission. Chilean Naval authorities evacuated all of the LOGOS’ crew and staff to Puerto Williams, and a repatriation operation swung into action. She was replaced by the more modern LOGOS II, and her memory lives on in the spirit of those who devote their lives to saving lives and easing suffering to this day. ‘Slinger’ mentioned to Dave that ENDURANCE was programmed for a courtesy visit to Ushuaia in late January, and asked about where and how LOGOS foundered. Dave expressed a wish that if at all possible, he would like an update on his former vessel’s welfare, as the last time he saw her was some time ago. ‘Slinger’ promised he would do his best to take some pictures and get them back to Dave, as well as many other at OM Ships who remember the LOGOS with great fondness, amongst them Mike Poyner, another member of the LOGOS’ former staff. On January 27th 2006, at 2030, ENDURANCE passed the wreck of LOGOS on her outbound journey back to Antarctica, having completed a hugely successful visit to Ushuaia. To everyone’s amazement, LOGOS remains upright, but her bows are now submerged beneath the chilly Beagle waters. Her funnel still proudly bears the emblem of the day, ‘EBE’, and her masts stand tall against the Patagonian backdrop. She may have been stripped of all her wares (including the ornate wood panelling and brass fittings, which now adorn the Wardroom at Valparaiso Naval Base) and she may look rust-ravaged, but it is as if she is defiantly refusing to allow the sea to claim her. Speaking with the Argentine pilot on board to guide ENDURANCE through the Beagle Channel, it was mentioned that many cruise ships draw up alongside LOGOS at night and their passengers are aghast when the searchlights are suddenly switched on to bathe the wreck in a spooky aura. Many call her ‘The Ghost Ship’. To other less-gullible mariners however, it is not some supernatural spirit, which LOGOS has. Looking at her condition after nearly twenty years, someone, something…maybe the Great Man He…is keeping watch
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