A bow view, taken from very fine off the port bow, of the staysail spritsail barge Ironsides (1900) under sail in the River Medway, at the start of a barge match.

A bow view, taken from very fine off the port bow, of the staysail spritsail barge Ironsides (1900) under sail in the River Medway, at the start of a barge match.. She has an RDL logo on her topsail. A number of other spritsail barges are following her and all of the barges seem to be on the port tack. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PM2362/22
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Ironsides (1900)
Date made: 1981-1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm