The 3 masted schooner Florence M Douglas (1927) being towed out of the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados.

A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted schooner Florence M. Douglas (1927) under way leaving the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados. She is under tow, her fore staysail and mainsail are set and her foresail is being hoisted. A 2 masted schooner is berthed alongside The Wharf Road in front of the premises of T.S. Garraway & Co. Ltd. The Custom House in The Wharf Road is on the left. The stern of a schooner is near to Blackwoods Screw Dock entrance on the right of the picture. Rowing boats are moored in midstream and some of them have the name of the owner and a port number on the transom.

Object Details

ID: P90621
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Florence M. Douglas (1927)
Date made: 1929-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 169 mm