Father Thames: Sunset sail on the Thames

Monday, 20 August 2012

Sunset sail on the Thames

HMS Ocean, the Shard and tall ship

Oosterschelde Dutch schooner, 1919

Oosterschelde and Wyld Swan (1920s)

Oosterscheldt

Tall ships off Greenwich, taking trippers from Woolwich to Tower Bridge last weekend

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