Pennant

Champion Thames barge pennant in red wool bunting, machine-sewn with white letters 'MEDWAY CHAMPION PRESENTED BY GILL & SONS 1901'. With white borders and a Union Flag in the canton (now missing). Pieces missing from canton and end of fly. Rope attached.

Object Details

ID: AAA0851
Collection: Flags
Type: Pennant
Display location: Not on display
Events: Barge Championship, Medway, 1901
Date made: 1901
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: flag: 1676.4 x 5918.2 mm