1. Sailing Barges. [DW]
Barges weighing anchor in the Colne on a fine summer's morning as others sail out of the river, bound for the Spitway, a narrow, ...
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2. Barges on the Orwell off Harwich. [DW]
Barges becalmed in the Orwell, off Harwich, 1934. Sailing barges were at the mercy of calms and in light airs much ...
Date: 1934
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3. XYLONITE steel barge at Mistley. [DW]
Foredeck of a working barge. The XYLONITE at Mistley Quay, 1947. This photograph shows in detail the hand windlass, ...
Date: 1947
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4. CYGNET. A smaller East Coast barge with tiller steering, at Pin Mill. [DW]
CYGNET Official No. 84028. [MNL 1916]
Barges at Pin Mill. A working barge ...
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5. Barges at Colchester Hythe. [DW]
Douglas Went saw the Indian summer of the sailing barge and this photograph of Colchester Hythe in the 1930s shows nine ...
Date: c1935
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6. Barges windbound off the Promenade [Brightlingsea] [DW]
Barges windbound in Colne during a south-westerly gale. Prolonged bad weather meant loss of ...
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7. Wakeley's coasting barge NELLIE PARKER claws off a lee shore during a gale in the Blackwater. Wakeley's blue masthead 'bob', with its white cross, was well ...
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8. Timber - unloading in Heybridge Basin. [DW]
Discharging timber from a sailing barge at Heybridge Basin, on the river Blackwater, 1937. Until the early ...
Date: 1937
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9. Barge with Straw (a Stackie). D Went Wellers (from back of photograph --- DW). "A very valuable photo" (from John Leather).
This faded print is one of ...
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10. The steel hulled VELSHEDA thundering along off Harwich in 1934. She is preparing to round a mark before squaring away on a run to the finishing line. The ...
Date: 1934
Image ID BOXB5_013_001

11. 12 metres stand out from Harwich harbour, past the grain mills of Felixstowe Dock. This photograph was taken at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club Regatta of either ...
Date: c1929
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12. Schooner TAMESIS. The old steamer and sailing ship type of ornamental bow for many years before 1936 seen sailing on the River Colne. [DW].
The 140 ton ...
Date: 1933
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13. Barge, French fishing boat and other craft leaving Harwich Harbour. [DW]
A mixture of craft at Harwich regatta, 1938. One of R. and W. Paul's Ipswich ...
Date: 1938
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14. A procession of giants; VELSHEDA leading ENDEAVOUR at Harwich regatta, 1934. The royal racing cutter BRITANNIA lags well astern (left) of the two 'J' class ...
Date: 1934
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15. Big Class yacht ASTRA rounding mark at Harwich Regatta 1934 [DW]
ASTRA surges round the Cliff End buoy off Harwich as her crew prepares to set the ...
Date: 1934
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16. After deck of the 12 metre MARINA, 1936. Her owner, Sir William Burton, is at the wheel. Lady Burton and a guest sit at the forward end of the cockpit. Skipper ...
Date: 1936
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17. A sight we shall never see again. A large crew of professional yacht hands hoisting the great mainsail of ENDEAVOUR II before racing. [photo ...
Date: 1936
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18. 12 metres racing off Harwich. TRIVIA leading JANETTA. [DW]
12 metres at Harwich regatta, 1939. Sir William Burton's JENETTA in the foreground, chases V.W. ...
Date: 1939
Image ID BOXB5_013_037

19. The American 12 metre VIM (U.S.15) leads the British VANITY (K 1) at Harwich regatta, Saturday June 10th 1939; her first race against the British 12 metres ...
Date: 10 June 1939
Image ID BOXB5_013_040

20. Mrs. Vanderbilt in the cockpit of VIM as the 12 metre prepares to race at Harwich, Monday, June 12th 1939. A reef has been taken in the mainsail with a lacing ...
Date: 12 June 1939
Image ID BOXB5_013_043

21. The blue hulled ENDEAVOUR, K4, and the green hulled ASTRA, K2, prepare for the start at Southend on Sea regatta in 1934. Both have a single reef in the mainsail ...
Date: 1934
Image ID BOXB5_013_049

22. The 23 Metre cutter ASTRA, owned by Hugh F. Paul leading the J Class cutter VELSHEDA (K7) during Harwich Regatta in 1935. The mate of ASTRA stands on the ...
Date: 1935
Image ID BOXB5_013_057

23. Passed by Technical Reproduction Branch 18 Dec 1942. No Admiralty Objection to publication, signed, Captain R.N. Wivenhoe. [from back of photograph]
Wooden ...
Date: 18 Dec 1942
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24. J.17.
Afloat and ready to be warped alongside for completion. The stockpiles and the small barge quay of the Rowhedge Sand and Ballast Company are in the ...
Date: 1940
Image ID BOXB5_014_012

25. The 105ft wooden motor minesweeper J.315 proceeds down the river Colne after completion, flying the white ensign and commissioned to serve in sweeping magnetic, ...
Image ID BOXB5_014_014

26. D MMS 17 [on back of photograph]
The other type of British wooden hulled motor minesweeper was known as the 126ft Class. Seven of these were built by ...
Image ID BOXB5_014_016

27. FY PT 1011 just afloat at Wivenhoe. The yard boat stands by to help with mooring ropes and later in removal of sliding ways, poppets and other timber structure ...
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28. MMS 1012 [on back of photograph]
FY PT 1012 leaves the river Colne after completion and commissioning in 1943. The harbour party and an officer are ...
Date: c15 October 1943
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29. A quiet interlude during war. Wooden motor minesweeper FY PT 1044 is towed to the fitting out berth after launch from Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd., in 1943. The river ...
Date: 30 December 1943
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30. During the War at Wivenhoe. Part of "Mulberry" in the making on the River Colne. [DW]

The projected invasion of Normandy in June 1944 needed the ...
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