AJAXNETPHOTO. 3RD APRIL, 2019. CHATHAM, ENGLAND. - MAINDECK VIEW - HMS GANNET WAS A COMPOSITE HULLED TEAK AND IRON FRAMED STEAM AND SAIL POWERED VICTORIAN SLOOP BUILT AT SHEERNESS IN 1878. AFTER 90 YEARS SERVICE AS A GLOBAL PATROL SHIP AND AS THE TRAINING SHIP MERCURY BASED ON THE HAMBLE RIVER NEAR SOUTHAMPTON, SHE WAS RESTORED AND NOW RESIDES IN NR 4 DRY-DOCK AT THE CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD. BEHIND GANNET IS ONE OF THE HUGE COVERED SLIPS. 
PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAXREF:GX8_190304_20092_2

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Size: 5184px × 3888px
Location: CHATHAM, ENGLAND.
Photo credit: © JONATHAN EASTLAND / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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