Centaur (1899)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard broadside view of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Centaur (1899) under sail in the River Medway during the Medway Barge Match. She has a white jibsail boomed out to port and her crew are in racing whites. She has Gill's bob on her forestay and the top of her mast is just out of the picture. The barge beyond her is the Giralda (1897).

Object Details

ID: G1077
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels: Centaur (1899); Giralda (1897)
Date made: 3 June 1899
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection