A boy trainee watch leader relaxing by the 16'9" Oyster Sloops on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in coastal waters.

A boy trainee watch leader relaxing by the 16'9" Oyster Sloops on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in coastal waters. He is leaning against the boats with his right foot on the ship's bulwark and is looking to his left. His armband is reading MWL (Main Watch Leader). The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the starboard side of the helmsman's position. The horizon is not quite level.

Object Details

ID: P50106
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Sir Winston Churchill (1966)
Date made: 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 66 mm