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An image showing 'Port bow view of general cargo spritsail rigged staysail barge Plantagenet (1878) under sail in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, before 1897 Thames Barge Match. Staysail set but not foresail. Seen from fine off port bow is topsail barge Haughty Belle (1896) with number 7 flag on forestay. In middle distance is steam tug Duke (1875) towing extremely deeply laden lighter. Tilbury in background & crowds of spectators onshore, especially in front of Tilbury Fort. F. C. Gould & Son.'
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1897 Thames Barge Match: Haughty Belle (1896); Plantagenet (1878)

A 12x10 negative. A port bow view of the general cargo spritsail rigged staysail barge Plantagenet (1878) uder sail in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, before the start of the 1897 Thames Barge Match. Her staysail is set but not her foresail. Astern of the Plantagenet (1878) and seen from fine off the port bow, is the topsail barge Haughty Belle (1896) with the number 7 flag on her forestay. In the middle distance is the steam tug Duke (1875) towing an extremely deeply laden lighter. Tilbury is in the background and crowds of spectators are on the shore, especially in front of Tilbury Fort.
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Object Details

ID: G932
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Haughty Belle (1896); Plantagenet (1878) Duke (1875)
Date made: 10 July 1897; 1897
People: Stone, J.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection