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Forging the anchor. Click on the pictures for larger, clearer images
If you want to know what really happened in that era, I think this may help rather more:
The First World War, Second Edition: A Complete History
This should tell an interesting story too:
Warships of the World to 1900
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‘From the Nore to Dover, 1898’ Yachts unidentified, Photomezzotype, no photo credit. Supplement to the Yachtsman No. 381, August 1898
Once again we have another set of fine old photos kindly sent to us by Jeff Cole, who has just returned from some holiday.
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Left to right: Satanita, Britannia and Meteor. ‘Start of the 1st class yachts’
This appears in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No 481, July 1900 . Photo credited to West & Son, Southsea
Britannia and Bona at Cowes. Published in a supplement to The Yachting World, May 1898. Photo by Kirk, Cowes
‘The Satanita making a record at the new Thames Yacht Race’
Engraving possibly by Ame from a sketch by Barlow More, NTYC. There are 25 men on the weather rail, two on the wheel, one in the spray on the bow, and one in the crosstrees. Note the spectator ferry.
‘Freda winning the Heligoland race’.
There is no information on this Photomezzotype. There’s a very early iron warship in the background that Jeff thinks may be flying the Imperial German Flag. Note tumblehome, pierced for cannon, ships boats in davits slung out, one in the water alongside. Double fighting top. Definitely a transition craft. And is that a spectator ship in background?
Dierdre
There is no other information with this badly foxed pic, but note the crew in natty striped jerseys and white trousers. There is a large yacht astern and a warship behind. It’s hard to see, but the warship may be the type where the gun disapears behind a casing vertically for re-loading, which Jeff says was favoured by the French.
This book from Amazon looks interesting, but I haven’t found anything relevant to these particular photos:
The Camera’s Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore; In New England
Dennis Connors’ history of the America’s Cup is available from Amazon:
The America’s Cup: The History of Sailing’s Greatest Competition in the Twentieth Century
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We’re moving house in a few days, and with some serious illness in the family also to contend with I’m not going to be able to maintain the usual range of posts over the next few days – so I thought I’d show you some pages of an extraordinary children’s book I picked up in a charity shop in Somerset recently.
Once again, it offers a glimpse into a very different era that wasn’t so very long ago. I hope you enjoy this material as much as I do.
Steam enthusiasts should look out for illustrations of steam-powered paddle-wheel tugs a little later, and also a smattering of shipyard tank engines.
As always, click on each image for a larger and clearer view.
Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible, I promise!
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