Activity on the foredeck on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while under sail in Portsmouth Harbour.

Activity on the foredeck on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while under sail in Portsmouth Harbour. The inner and outer jibs and the foresail are set. The flying jib is being taken in and the staysail has been partially stowed. A trainee is starting to climb the starboard shrouds of the foremast. The captain in full uniform is standing by the foremast fiferail looking aft. The photographer is looking forward from the forward end of the starboard side of the deckhouse top. The ship is heading up harbour and there are frigates alongside the dockyard on the right. The training ship Foudroyant (1817) is at her moorings in the distance.

Object Details

ID: P50279
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Malcolm Miller (1968)
Date made: 1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 65 mm