1967 Press Photo Members Of First All-Girl Crew Aboard Sir Winston Churchill

MEMBER OF THE FIRST ALL-GIRL CREW ABOARD THE "SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL". The first all-girl crew of the Sail Training Association's topsail schooner "Sir Winston Churchill", left Portsmouth yesterday. The 39 girls, all aged between 16 and 21, have been drawn from the Island Sailing Club at Salecombe, Devon, and from branches of the Girls' Nautical Training Crops and the Sea Rangers. During the two weeks cruise, the girls will have two yachtswomen on board with them. Keystone Photo Shows:- Members of the girl crew handling ropes on board the "Sir Winston Churchill", yesterday.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 05-05-1967.

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