A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Lincoln smack Mermaid (1904) under sail in Gillingham Reach, River Medway.

A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Lincoln smack Mermaid (1904) under sail in Gillingham Reach, River Medway. The Mermaid has her port registry LN32 on her mainsail. In the left foreground is the afterpart of the oyster smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and she has her port registry CK258 on her mainsail. Off the starboard quarter of the Mermaid in the Maldon registered smack Fly (1875) and her port registry MN17 is on her mainsail. Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PM2359/3
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Mermaid (1904); Fly (1875) Charlotte Ellen (1907)
Date made: 1981-1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm