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A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the auxiliary steam yacht Sunbeam (1874) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the P & O passenger/cargo liner Medina (1911) under way in The Downs, outward bound. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the brig Utopia (1860) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port broadside view of the brig Utopia (1860) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the brig Utopia (1860) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A crew man named Joe on board the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) while under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Boulogne registered, two masted lug rigged fishing vessel Jean Rene (Fl. 1902) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Italian three masted barque Unione (1883) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of an unidentified steam coaster under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the three masted barquentine Mary Ann (1863) in a sinking condition in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A very distant starboard broadside view of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Garth Castle (1880) under way passing south through The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Carisbrook Castle (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the general cargo steamship Granada (1866) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Union-Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Dover Castle (1904) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of an unidentified steam yacht under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A bow view, taken from very fine off the port bow, of the ketch rigged barge Dolgwandle (1891) under sail in The Downs, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of an unidentified coasting spritsail barge under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of an unidentified three masted barque at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Gascon (1897) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A Royal Navy ship's cutter under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of an unidentified coastal spritsail barge at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the two masted topsail schooner Catherine (1856) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Braemar Castle (1898) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
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