Shamrock (1899)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail rigged general cargo topsail barge Shamrock (1899) under sail during a Thames or Medway Barge Match, probably the 1900 Thames match. Her crew are in whites and she has flag number 1 on her forestay. Four other barges are in line ahead of her; the second in line is thought to be the Centaur (1898) and the third in line may be the Loualf (1898). A Gamecock Towing Co tug is towing a square rigger in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G389
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Shamrock (1899)
Date made: 1899-1900; 1899-1914
People: Edwin & Mary Pover; Shrubsall, Horace
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection