A port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the bowsprit spritsail barge May (1891) under sail in Saltpan Reach, River Medway, bound upriver.

A port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the bowsprit spritsail barge May (1891) under sail in Saltpan Reach, River Medway, bound upriver. She has a white jib and is on the port tack. The stern of the motor tug Knighton (1968) is on the right and an Esso tanker is alongside one of the Grain oil refinery jetties in the background.

Object Details

ID: PM2519/70CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: May (1891); Knighton (1968)
Date made: May 1982
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 194 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm