Trawl boat Two Bessies on Hastings beach, East Sussex

A starboard quarter view of the motor trawl boat Two Bessies drawn up on Hastings beach. The boat's foremast is unshipped and the top of her mizzen is out of the pucture. She has a night lantern fitted to her mizzen. Two men are in the boat including her skipper, J Vennel, facing the camera. Another man is leaning over the gunwale. Nets are hanging over the gunwale and laid out alongside. A row of beach capstans is in the background.

Object details

ID: P38347
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Fox, William C.; Fox, S. C.
Date made: 1910-1930
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 88 mm