Medway Barge Match 1908

A 12x10 negative. A general view of a number of general cargo spritsail rigged staysail barges barges milling about in Gillingham Reach, River Medway, before the start of the Medway Barge Match. None of the barges have been positively identified. Hoo Salt Marsh is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G98
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Medway Barge Match 1908
Date made: 1908; 1903
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection