A slightly distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the oyster smack Sunbeam (1881) under sail passing the Colne Bar buoy in the Thames Estuary during the Colne Match.

A slightly distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the oyster smack Sunbeam (1881) under sail passing the Colne Bar buoy in the Thames Estuary during the Colne Match. Her port registry CK328 is on the hull. She has a white jib and topsail and red fore and main sails. A number of her crew are sitting on the port bulwark. Negatives numbers N86926CT to N86931CT inclusive were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: N86926CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Sunbeam (1881)
Date made: 1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 49 mm x 61 mm