A slightly distant port broadside view of the oyster smack Skylark (1877) under sail on the River Orwell, Suffolk.

A slightly distant port broadside view of the oyster smack Skylark (1877) under sail on the River Orwell, Suffolk. The leach of her mainsail has been patched with a different colour material. The port registry CK46 is on her hull and the mainsail. In the background is a yacht with a dutch style gaff. Negative number PM2410/26CN was taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM2410/27CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Derek Richard Weston
Vessels: Skylark (1877)
Date made: 1989-1990
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm