A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail barge Decima (1899) under full sail passing Garrison Point, Sheerness bound out during a Medway Barge Match.

A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail barge Decima (1899) under full sail passing Garrison Point, Sheerness bound out during a Medway Barge Match. Her bowsprit is topped, her staysail is white and all other sails are red. The bob at the masthead, a white letter X on a black background, has not been recognized. The steel hulled spritsail barge Repertor (1924) is off the port side of the Decima and she has all white sails.

Object Details

ID: N86847CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Decima (1899); Repertor (1924)
Date made: 4 June 1983
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm x 61 mm