A slightly distant port broadside view of an unidentified former Dutch barge under sail, probably in the Thames Estuary.

A slightly distant port broadside view of an unidentified former Dutch barge under sail, probably in the Thames Estuary. She has a bowsprit and a single masted gaff cutter rig with the mainsail set and the foresail on the deck. She is flying the red ensign and it is likely that she is a house barge cum yacht. At the time, the photographer was in a boat photographing the competitors in the Swale Barge Match.

Object Details

ID: PM2493/88CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Date made: 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 94 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm