Photograph Album: Sailing on The Menai Strait and The White Eagle around Scotland

This material is held atArchifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 221 WM2710/1
  • Alternative Id.
      GB 221 WM/2710/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1927 - 1928
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: Sailing on The White Eagle around Scotland. Images include: The White Eagle; Holy Loch Sailing Club Hunter's Quay, Yachts Gairney; Finvola; Pelagia.

May 30th: Arrochar and Ben Lomond; Loch Goil; on board White Eagle [Miss Johnson] holding Tibby The ship's cat.

June 11th: Clyde Corinthian Yacht Club: Selina; Duet; Coila; Thamar; and start of the 6 metre class.

June 23rd: Hunter's Quay with Sheevre off Largs

June 24th: Largs Regatta: Westward; White Heather; Lulworth; Verve; Pelagia; Gometha; Elvira.

June: Holy Loch: Rhona and Sunshine.

Images of the ship's crew: Thomas; Cook and chief piper [with bag pipes] and The Steward with the cat.

July 1st: Mudhook Yacht Club: Zinita; Rhona; Lasous; Sheevre and Iris.

July 2nd: The Royal Clyde Regatta: Gelert; Verve; Susanna; Vida; Duet; Sunshine; Siona II.

Menai Strait, [Sea Bird Half Raters No's 42 and 55]

No. 7 Conway Fife One Design, Siglen.

White Eagle; White Heather, Selma and large steamship [?] RMS Laconia.

Enclosed: Articles from The Field - The Country Gentleman's Newspaper including: Flags Flown by Yachts; The British America Cup; Yacht Racing on The Clyde at Royal Gourock Yacht Club; and round the coast at The Clyde Corinthian and image of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock.

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da/Good condition