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A group view of five Thames spritsail barges (Colour transparency)
A port near stern view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) underway (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the staysail spritsail barge Ardwina (1909) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in Long Reach on the River Medway, passing Kingsnorth Power Station Jetty bound upriver. (Roll film negative)
A distant port broadside view of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in the Swale, Kent, during the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
Four spritsail barges under sail in the Swale, Kent, manoeuvring for position prior to the start of the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in Long Reach on the River Medway, passing Kingsnorth Power Station Jetty bound upriver. (Roll film negative)
A port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail off Darnet Ness in the River Medway, Kent. (Roll film negative)
A very distant port bow view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in Long Reach on the River Medway, passing Kingsnorth Power Station Jetty bound upriver. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in the River Medway Estuary. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in Long Reach on the River Medway, passing Kingsnorth Power Station Jetty bound upriver. (Roll film negative)
A stern view, taken from very fine off the port quarter, of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in the River Medway Estuary. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the spritsail barges Montreal (1902), Scone (1919) and Centaur (1895) under sail in Saltpan Reach, River Medway, bound downriver. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the spritsail barges Scone (1919) and Centaur (1895) under sail in Saltpan Reach, River Medway, bound downriver. (Colour transparency)
A port broadside view of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the spritsail barges Scone (1919) and Centaur (1895) under sail in Saltpan Reach, River Medway, bound downriver. (Colour transparency)
A close view looking down on the foredeck from off the starboard bow of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) which is dried out on a mud berth alongside a jetty in Hoo Marina, Kent. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the foredeck looking forward from off the starboard side of the spritsail barge Centaur (1895) which is dried out on a mud berth alongside a jetty in Hoo Marina, Kent. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant bow view of the spritsail barges Montreal (1902), Scone (1919) and Centaur (1895) under sail passing Garrison Point, Sheerness, into the Thames Estuary from Saltpan Reach, River Medway. (Colour transparency)
A starboard broadside view of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail on the River Medway, heading downriver. (Roll film negative)
A starboard broadside view of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail on the River Medway, heading downriver. (Roll film negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the staysail spritsail barge Centaur (1895) under sail on the River Medway, heading downriver. (Roll film negative)
Four spritsail barges under sail in the Swale, Kent, manoeuvring for position prior to the start of the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
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