A starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the barque-rigged cadet training ship Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in the Solent off Cowes.
A close starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the barque-rigged cadet training ship Gorch Fock (1958) under sail in the Solent off Cowes. Her foresail and mainsail are not yet set. She is in the Solent for the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw which started on 16 August 1972. A number of small yachts, dinghies and motor leisure craft are in the picture.
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Object Details
ID: | P50554 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity |
Vessels: | Gorch Fock (1958) |
Date made: | August 1972 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 62 mm x 64 mm |