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A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Centaur (1899) under sail in the Thames estuary during the Medway Barge Match. She is on the port tack and her white jibsail is boomed out to port. Her crew are in racing white tops and she has Gill's bob on her forestay. The tip of her mast is out of the picture. Frederick Charles Gould
Centaur (1899) (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard near boradside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the spritsail rigged general cargo barge Satanita (1897) under sail in the Thames Estuary heading for the Mouse during the Thames Barge Match. She is on the port tack with her lee board down. A group of racing cutter rigged yachts are in the left background. F. C. Gould & Son
Satanita (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the spritsail barge under sail during a Thames Barge Match, possibly in 1902. The crew are in their racing whites and the barge's number 2 race flag is fitted to the forestay. She is on the starboard tack. A steam vessel for the committee or spectators is on the right. F. C. Gould & Son
Loualf (1898) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Verona (1905) under sail in the Thames Estuary during a Thames or Medway Barge Match. She has her race number 2 flag on her forestay and is flying the bob of Clement Parker. The background is shrouded in mist. F. C. Gould & Son
Verona (1905) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the spritsail rigged topsail barge Arrow (1897) under sail during the June 1899 Thames Barge Match. She has a number flag on her forestay and her bob is a dark six pointed star on a white background. Her leeboard is raised and the wind is off her starboard quarter. Her crew have white trousers. There is some doubt as to the correct identity of this barge. Negatives numbers G94, G1056 and G1058 are of the same vessel. F. C. Gould & Son
Arrow (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Giralda (1897) under sail in the Thames estuary during the Thames Barge Match. She is drifting downwind on the port tack and is to port of the barge Satanita (1897) which is similarly drifting in the light winds. Other barges are in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897); Satanita (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the General cargo spritsail barge SIRDAR (1898) under sail during the 1899 Thames Barge Match. She is on the port tack. The spritsail barge Gloria (1898) is on the right of the picture and two other barges are in the background. A vertical format negative. F. C. Gould & Son
Sirdar (1898) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Giralda (1897) under sail during a Thames or Medway Barge Match. She is on the port tack and has a number flag on her forestay. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail rigged sailing barge Valdora (1904) under sail on the port tack during the Thames Barge Match of 1904. Her crew are in racing whites and she is on the outward leg heading for the Mouse light vessel. There is slight image movement. F. C. Gould & Son
Valdora (1904) (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the armoured cruiser HMS Antrim (1903) moored at Sheerness. (Roll film negative)
Starboard quarter view of HMS 'Temaraire' (1907) anchored at Southend.
Starboard quarter view of HMS 'Temaraire' (1907) anchored at Southend. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide of the stern, of the two spritsail rigged general cargo barges Clara (1896) and James Piper (1894) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames Barge Match from Gravesend Reach to the Mouse and back. They are both on the port tack with lee boards down and they both have their race number flag on their forestay. Their crews are in whites. The Clara (1896) is the barge on the right. F. C. Gould & Son
Clara (1896); James Piper (1894) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the spritsail rigged topsail barge Haughty Belle (1896) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames or Medway Barge Match. She has white painted jib, fore and mizzen sails and a white painted hull. She is fitted with iron leeboards and has a number 7 flag on her forestay. F. C. Gould & Son
Haughty Belle (1896) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the spritsail rigged topsail barge Rathbale (1896) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames Barge Match. Her crew are in whites, she has a white jib sail and she has her race number flag on her forestay. Her leeboards are down and she is the starboard tack. Her hull is painted light blue with a dark blue wale. F. C. Gould & Son
Rathbale (1896) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port broadside view of the spritsail rigged general cargo sailing barge Reliance (1900) under sail in the Thames Estuary. She is bound inward with a full cargo and she is on the starboard tack in a fresh breeze. The horizon is not level. F. C. Gould & Son
Reliance (1900) (Glass plate negative)
General cargo spritsail rigged barges rounding the Mouse Light Vessel in the Thames estuary during the 1898 Thames Barge Match. The light vessel is seen from off her starboard beam and the barges off the starboard quarter and beam. The barges are said to be the Lord Nelson (1898) following Arrow (1897) with an unknown barge ahead and the Pastime (1890) on the extreme right. F. C. Gould & Son
Thames Barge Match, 1898 (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the spritsail rigged topsail barge Haughty Belle (1896) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames or Medway Barge Match. Her hull is painted white and she has iron leeboards. Her jib, foresail and mizzen sails are white. A crew member near the stern is using a bucket on a rope to haul up seawater to keep the bottom of the mizzen sail wet to aid wind retention. F. C. Gould & Son
Haughty Belle (1896) (Glass plate negative)
A distant bow view, taken from very fine off the port bow, of the spritsail rigged topsail barge Haughty Belle (1896) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames or Medway Barge Match. She is equipped with iron racing leeboards and is flying flag number 7 from her forestay. Her hull is painted white and she has a white jib and foresail. Another barge is astern of her. F. C. Gould & Son
Haughty Belle (1896) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail rigged general cargo barge Victoria (1898) under sail in the Thames Estuary during a Thames or Medway Barge Match. Her crew are dressed in whites and she is on the port tack in a strong breeze. F. C. Gould & Son
Victoria (1898) (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view of the spritsail rigged sailing barge Vectis (1895) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Thames barge match. She is on the starboard tack, her crew are in whites and she has a number 11 on a dark flag on her forestay. An unidentified general cargo steamship is under way in ballast on the left of the picture. F. C. Gould & Son
Vectis (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view, taken from fine off the stern, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Genesta (1903) under sail in the Thames estuary during the running of the Thames Barge Match. She is on the port tack, listing slightly to starboard in a fresh breeze and is chasing after the spritsail barge Sara (1902), which is some distance ahead. F. C. Gould & Son
Genesta (1903) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of two coastal type spritsail rigged sailing barges racing in the Thames estuary. The identity is in doubt. The barge on the right is said to be the Giralda (1897) but the bob she is flying is not that of J R Piper or F D Lambert who were her owners during her racing career. The barge on the left is also not flying the correct bob. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A copy negative has been made from a contact photographic print. A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Giralda (1897) under sail during the 1899 Thames Barge Match. She has flag 3 on her forestay. A spectator boat is on the left. Slight image movement. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Giralda (1897) under sail in the Thames estuary during the 1898 Thames Barge Match. She is flying F D Lambert's bob. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897) (Glass plate negative)