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The launch and consecration of the new Missions to Seamen boat at Deal, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A very distant starboard side view of sailing vessels getting under way in The Downs (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam,of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the lighterage tug John Mowlem (1887) under way in the Upper Pool, London. (Glass plate negative)
A view of the foredeck on board the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Carisbrook Castle (1898) while berthed in the East India Dock Basin, London. (Glass plate negative)
A crowd of shipyard workers and spectators watching the launch of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams on board the wreck of the steamship Ardoe (1880) beached off Sandown Castle, The Downs, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Villagers in costume with their nautically themed float for the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee parade in Halstead village, Essex. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams at the top of the lighthouse at Dunkirk, France. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Sandpiper (1899) about to be launched from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs, approaching the beach at Walmer. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams sitting in a tent getting breakfast ready at Sandwich Haven, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Edgar Tarry Adams' wooden boathouse and his three boats on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A back view of Edgar Tarry Adams standing on a beach capstan taking a photograph at Deal or Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
The front facade of the Cinque Ports Yacht Club building on Marine Parade, Dover. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of the Cunard passenger liner Campania (1893) alongside a wharf in Liverpool Docks. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) moored to the shore in the River Stour at Sandwich Haven, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from above and abaft the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) moored to the shore by the Coast Guard hut in the River Stour at Sandwich Haven, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A deck view on board the general cargo coaster Portland (1887) in Granville Dock, Dover. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged yacht Sandpiper (1899) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Carisbrook Castle (1898) berthed in the East India Dock Basin, London. (Glass plate negative)
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