A very distant starboard quarter view of the ship rigged sail training ship Dar Pomorza (1909) and the barque rigged training ship Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in the Solent off Cowes.

A very distant starboard quarter view of the ship rigged sail training ship Dar Pomorza (1909) and the barque rigged training ship Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in the Solent off Cowes. The Gorch Fock is on the right. A Royal Navy Rothesay class Type 12 frigate is the guardship at anchor in the left background. The two square riggers were in the Solent for the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw which started on 16 August 1972. There are a large number of small yachts, dinghies and motor leisure craft in the picture.

Object Details

ID: P50544
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Dar Pomorza (1909); Gorch Fock (1958)
Date made: August 1972
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 64 mm