A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the River Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match.

A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in theRiver Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match. The CK258 port registry of the Charlotte Ellen is on her hull and the mainsail and she is on the port tack. The Helen & Violet's port registry LO262 is on her hull and on her mainsail and she is also on the port tack Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PM2359/7
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Charlotte Ellen (1907); Helen & Violet (1906)
Date made: 1981-1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm