The stern and rudder of the Thames barge Cambria
- Date:
- 1973 - 1980
- Reference:
- DES01/16/0017
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Cambria is a spritsail barge constructed as a cargo vessel constructed at Greenhithe in 1906. She was the last British registered vessel to carry cargo by sail alone, but was retired by 1970. In 2007 she underwent an extensive programme of restoration and was relaunched in 2011.
This is part of the Series: DES01/16 Eileen Deste: Dungeness and Rochester; within the Collection: DES01 Eileen Deste Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Deste, Eileen
Watercraft, Water Transport
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