A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the spritsail barge Shamrock (1901) on the stocks at H. Felton's yard, Sandwich, Kent, immediately before naming and launching at noon on a Thursday. A large number of visitors are on the deck of the barge and more are watching from the side of the launching ways. A young girl is holding the christening bottle. Vertical format. A copy negative of a photographic print.