Girl trainees and one of the ship's officers on the port side of the after deck on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in Spithead. The Lambie Class B motor lifeboat has been swung out under its davits. The Portsmouth - Ryde passenger ferry Southsea (1948) is crossing the Churchuill's stern heading for Ryde. One of the Palmerston sea forts and the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth (1940) are in the background. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the centreline near the helm.