A group of boy trainees on the starboard side of the foredeck abreast the foremast on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in Spithead.

A group of boy trainees on the starboard side of the foredeck abreast the foremast on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in Spithead. Some are wearing Arco Corsair foul weather anoraks and one has an armband for MZ1. They are hauling on a halyard or sheet while the ship is on the port tack The photographer is looking forward and down from the starboard forward corner of the deckhouse top. One of Palmerston's sea forts, probably Horse Sand Fort, is in the distance.

Object Details

ID: P50109
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 65 mm