Thames Barge Match 1898

A 12x10 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. The barges are said to be the Satanita (1897) following Giralda (1897) with Lord Nelson (1898) and Arrow (1897) ahead.

Object Details

ID: G408
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Thames Barge Match, 1898; Lord Nelson (1898) Mouse Light Vessel Satanita (1897) Giralda (1897)
Date made: 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection