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Three boy trainees reflaking the mizzen on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour.
Three boy trainees reflaking the mizzen sail on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour. They are being supervised by one of the ship's officers. In the foreground is a stack of apples in boxes that were presented to the ship by Lord Wolmer, representing the Apple & Pear Development Council. The photographer is looking aft from the port side of the deck abreast the mizzen mast. The Lambie class B motor lifeboat is not on board. The Royal Corps of Transport Mark 8 tank landing craft Abbeville (1945) is at moorings in the background. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers PM11725/11 to PM11730/37 were taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
| ID: | PM11726/16 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity |
| Vessels: | Sir Winston Churchill (1966); Abbeville (1945) |
| Date made: | 13 October 1966 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |