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A distant port quarter view of the Royal Yacht Britannia (1953) at anchor in the Solent, off Cowes, at the start of the Solent to the Skaw Tall Ships Race.
A distant port quarter view of the Royal Yacht Britannia (1953) at anchor in the Solent, off Cowes, at the start of the Solent to the Skaw Tall Ships Race. She has accommodation ladders rigged forward and amidships, is dressed overall and is flying the Royal Standard. The Britannia is partially hidden by an harbour launch named Triton and registered at Southampton. A large number of yachts and leisure craft are in the picture, including one of the Sail Training Assocation 3 masted topsail schooners, either the Sir Winston Churchill (1966) or the Malcolm Miller (1968).
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Object Details
| ID: | PCT19250 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity |
| Vessels: | Britannia (1953); Sir Winston Churchill (1966) Malcolm Miller (1968) |
| Date made: | 4 August 1974 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |