The Solent Collection

Sloop (Dragon? class) sailing with spinnaker, c1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sloop (Dragon? class) sailing with spinnaker, c1938

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Sailing yachts cross start line. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sailing yachts cross start line

The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing on a broad reach, August 1912. Creator
The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing on a broad reach, August 1912. The 40 ton cutter, Bloodhound was designed by William Fife and built in 1874

The Alarm winning the Ladies Challenge Cup at Cowes, 1830 by GM Gilbert on stone by L Haghe

The cutter Nanette sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Nanette sailing close-hauled, 1911

Schooner (Waterwitch?) under sail, c1936. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Schooner (Waterwitch?) under sail, c1936

The gaff rigged 8 Metre class Termagent (H9) sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator
The gaff rigged 8 Metre class Termagent (H9) sailing close-hauled, 1911

Unknown cutter under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown cutter under sail, 1911

Party sailing on the Earl of Normantons Cutter, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Party sailing on the Earl of Normantons Cutter, 1911

Spectators watching yachts at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Spectators watching yachts at Cowes, Isle of Wight

The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. (Possibly the 1913, William Fife designed yawl that was later converted to a bermudan sloop.)

Group of racing yachts before the start of the Cowes to Weymouth Race, 1913. Creator
Group of racing yachts before the start of the Cowes to Weymouth Race, 1913

Sailing yacht Blue Peter, 1934. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sailing yacht Blue Peter, 1934

The cutter Blue Bird under sail, 1934. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Blue Bird under sail, 1934

The 35 ton ketch Brown Mouse under sail, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 35 ton ketch Brown Mouse under sail, 1912

489 ton steam yacht (possibly Juicel ?) under way, 1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
489 ton steam yacht (possibly Juicel ?) under way, 1939

Unknown destroyer under way. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown destroyer under way

Line of Torpedo Boats under way, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Line of Torpedo Boats under way, 1911

The yawl White Heather I sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl White Heather I sailing close-hauled, 1911

Cowes Parade from Gurnard. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Cowes Parade from Gurnard

Raters in Cowes Roads. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Raters in Cowes Roads

The Redwing class Fortuna, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Redwing class Fortuna, 1921

Unknown motor yacht under way, c1937. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown motor yacht under way, c1937

Unknown motor yacht. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown motor yacht

Group of 15 Metres racing close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of 15 Metres racing close-hauled, 1913

Group of cruisers sailing close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of cruisers sailing close-hauled, 1913

The destroyer HMS Windsor at anchor, 1929. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The destroyer HMS Windsor at anchor, 1929. HMS Windsor (D42) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and in World War II

Group of 24 footer yachts racing at Cowes. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of 24 footer yachts racing at Cowes

The Isle of Wight ferry Vecta, 1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Isle of Wight ferry Vecta run by Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited (now Red Funnel), 1939

Yacht racing at Cowes. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Yacht racing at Cowes

The 12 Metre yacht Javotte sailng close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 12 Metre yacht Javotte sailng close-hauled, 1911. Javotto was designed by Alfred Mylne and built in 1909

Group of cruisers on Cowes to Weymouth race, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of cruisers on Cowes to Weymouth race, 1913

The 8 Metre class Norman (H1) running downwind in a good breeze, 1911. Creator
The 8 Metre class Norman (H1) running downwind in a good breeze, 1911

The 8 Metre class Norman running in a good breeze, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre class Norman running in a good breeze, 1911

The motorboat Maga under way, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The motorboat Maga under way, 1913

Wolseley motor launch on slipway, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Wolseley motor launch on slipway, 1914. The Wolseley Motors company, a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by Vickers, also built marine power-units for a variety of watercraft

Norman (H1), an early 8 Metre class yacht sailing downwind, 1911

The yawl Suzanne under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Suzanne under sail, 1911

Le Jade, a gaff rigged 8 Metre class yacht sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator
Le Jade, a gaff rigged 8 Metre class yacht sailing close-hauled, 1912

Bloodhound at anchor with flags, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Bloodhound at anchor with flags, 1912. The 40 ton cutter, Bloodhound was designed by William Fife and built in 1874. Owned by the Marquis of Ailsa she had a successful racing career

The 116 ton steam yacht Athena at anchor, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 116 ton steam yacht Athena at anchor, 1911. Athena was built in Govan, Glasgow in 1892

Bloodhound at anchor with flags, August 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Bloodhound at anchor with flags, August 1912. The 40 ton cutter, Bloodhound was designed by William Fife and built in 1874

The 134 ton ketch Lavengro under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 134 ton ketch Lavengro under sail, 1911. Lavengro was designed by Herbert Stow and built by Stow & Sons, Shoreham in 1902

Venetias Wolseley motor launch, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Venetias Wolseley motor launch, 1914

Hydroplane under way, 1913

The 15 Metre class sailing yacht Paula III, heeling on windward leg, 1913. Creator
The 15 Metre class sailing yacht Paula III, heeling on windward leg, 1913. Paula III was designed by Charles Nicholson and launched in 1913

The ketch Ficha at anchor, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The ketch Ficha at anchor, 1922

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