Boxes of apples being transferred aft on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour.
Boxes of apples being transferred aft on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while she is at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour. The boxes of Hants & Borders Growers Ltd apples are being brought aboard on the port side amidships and are being passed aft by a chain of boy trainees. The apples were presented to the ship by Lord Wolmer, representing the Apple & Pear Development Council. The photographer is looking down and aft from the port side of the deckhouse roof. 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.
Object Details
| ID: | PM11725/12 |
|---|---|
| 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 117 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |
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