A port broadside view of the spritsail barge Mirosa (1892) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Southend Match

A port broadside view of the spritsail barge Mirosa (1892) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Southend Match. She has a white staysail and jib and a tow foresail set as a spinnaker boomed out to starboard. The rest of the sails are red and the foresail is laid on deck ready for hoisting. She has a Whitbread logo on her mainsail.

Object Details

ID: N86884CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Mirosa (1892)
Date made: 23 August 1986
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 52 mm x 61 mm