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.
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Object Details
ID: | P50328 |
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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 |