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A distant port broadside view of the three-masted barque-rigged cadet training ship Gorch Fock (1958) at anchor in the Solent off Cowes.
A distant port broadside view of the three-masted, barque-rigged cadet training ship Gorch Fock (1958) at anchor in the Solent off Cowes. Beyond her is the three-masted, ship-rigged Polish training ship Dar Pomorza (1909). Under sail on the left, and seen from off her starboard side, is the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966). They are all in the Solent for the Tall Ships Race to the Skaw which started on 16 August 1972. A few small yachts and other vessels are in the picture.
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Object Details
| ID: | P50563 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity |
| Vessels: | Gorch Fock (1958); Dar Pomorza (1909) Sir Winston Churchill (1966) |
| Date made: | August 1972 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 62 mm x 63 mm |