Eight trainees taking in the outer jib on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while under sail in Spithead.

Eight trainees taking in the outer jib on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while under sail in Spithead. They are all on the bowsprit or the bowsprit netting and each of them is wearing a safety harness. The watch leader is standing on the starboard side of the foredeck by the heel of the bowsprit directing the operation. The photographer is looking forward from the port side of the foredeck.

Object Details

ID: P50423
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Malcolm Miller (1968)
Date made: 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 67 mm