Captain Swindells keeping an eye on a boy trainee at the helm on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while sailing in the Solent area.

Captain Swindells keeping an eye on a boy trainee at the helm on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while sailing in the Solent area. The captain is standing to port of the wheel and has a pair of Admiralty binoculars round his neck. His right hand is resting on the port Kelvin's Ball of the binnacle. The ship is on the starboard tack. The photographer is looking aft from just to port of the centreline on the bridge.

Object Details

ID: P50328
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Sir Winston Churchill (1966)
Date made: 1973
People: Swindells
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 69 mm