A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Lincoln smack Mermaid (1904) and the Maldon bawley Dorana (1939) under sail in Gillingham Reach, River Medway.

A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Lincoln smack Mermaid (1904) and the Maldon bawley Dorana (1939) under sail in Gillingham Reach, River Medway. The Mermaid has her port registry LN32 on her mainsail and the Dorana has MN2 on her mainsail. Other bawleys, smacks and spritsail barges are in the background and amongst them is a Union Transport (London) Ltd motor coaster. Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PM2359/2
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Mermaid (1904); Dorana (1939)
Date made: 1981-1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm