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Cowes Collection (page 9)

Cowes, a picturesque town located on the Isle of Wight, has long been synonymous with yachting and maritime history

Background imageCowes Collection: Catholic priest, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Catholic priest, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Catholic priest, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: The schooner Vergemere. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The schooner Vergemere. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Vergemere

Background imageCowes Collection: The launch of the 2nd Argentine Destroyer Tucuman, 16 Oct 1928

The launch of the 2nd Argentine Destroyer Tucuman, 16 Oct 1928
The launch of the 2nd Argentine Destroyer Tucuman built by J Samuel White & Co in Cowes, Isle of Wight, 16 Oct 1928. Tucuman was the second of three Mendoza class destroyers built in the United

Background imageCowes Collection: Women on board a boat, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Women on board a boat, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Women on board a boat, c1935. Young women in uniform, possibly from a convent school

Background imageCowes Collection: Clementinas Bow showing collision damage and loss of bowsprit, 1913

Clementinas Bow showing collision damage and loss of bowsprit, 1913

Background imageCowes Collection: Spinnaker flying on unknown yacht. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Spinnaker flying on unknown yacht. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Spinnaker flying on unknown yacht

Background imageCowes Collection: Interior shot of dining room, possibly the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes

Interior shot of dining room, possibly the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes

Background imageCowes Collection: Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Young men posing for a photograph, possibly at the Royal Naval College in the Isle of Wight

Background imageCowes Collection: Interior shot, possibly inside the Royal Yacht Squadron. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Interior shot, possibly inside the Royal Yacht Squadron. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Interior shot, possibly inside the Royal Yacht Squadron

Background imageCowes Collection: Steam yacht under way, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Steam yacht under way, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Steam yacht under way, 1912

Background imageCowes Collection: Unknown cutter sailing with spinnaker. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Unknown cutter sailing with spinnaker. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown cutter sailing with spinnaker

Background imageCowes Collection: The schooner Halcyon under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The schooner Halcyon under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Halcyon (previously named Etoile Filante ) under sail, 1911

Background imageCowes Collection: The racing cutters The Lady Anne and Istria running downwind, 1912. Creator

The racing cutters The Lady Anne and Istria running downwind, 1912. Creator
The racing cutters The Lady Anne and Istria running downwind, 1912

Background imageCowes Collection: Cockpit and hold on cabin cruiser D. G. S. P. 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Cockpit and hold on cabin cruiser D. G. S. P. 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Cockpit and hold on cabin cruiser D.G.S.P. 1913

Background imageCowes Collection: 21 Footer motor launch under way, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

21 Footer motor launch under way, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
21 Footer motor launch under way, 1914

Background imageCowes Collection: Start of W Class race: Squirrel (3), Jadi (26), Diana (8), Emerald (27), Melody (28), 1931

Start of W Class race: Squirrel (3), Jadi (26), Diana (8), Emerald (27), Melody (28), 1931

Background imageCowes Collection: Group portrait of young men, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Group portrait of young men, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group portrait of young men, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: Trays and firescreens of any yacht: Kirks speciality sizes and prices on application

Trays and firescreens of any yacht: Kirks speciality sizes and prices on application

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

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

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

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

Background imageCowes Collection: Group portrait with letter W, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Group portrait with letter W, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group portrait with letter W, c1935. People in sailors caps posing outside a building, possibly a boat house, on the Isle of Wight

Background imageCowes Collection: Christening Group possibly at J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1930s

Christening Group possibly at J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1930s

Background imageCowes Collection: The racing cutter Creole under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The racing cutter Creole under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The racing cutter Creole under sail, 1911. Creole was built in 1890 from designs of G L Watson for Colonel Villiers Bagot

Background imageCowes Collection: Saunders Aeroplanes in hangar, East Cowes, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Saunders Aeroplanes in hangar, East Cowes, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Saunders Aeroplanes in hangar, East Cowes, 1914. S. E. Saunders were involved in the development of early amphibious aircraft

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

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

Background imageCowes Collection: View of the sea and cliffs from Gurnard, Isle of Wight, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

View of the sea and cliffs from Gurnard, Isle of Wight, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
View of the sea and cliffs from Gurnard, Isle of Wight, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: House under construction, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

House under construction, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
House under construction, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: 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. 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.)

Background imageCowes Collection: 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. Creator
Group of racing yachts before the start of the Cowes to Weymouth Race, 1913

Background imageCowes Collection: Landscape with boats, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Landscape with boats, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Landscape with boats, c1935. View of yachts at anchor, possibly on the Isle of Wight

Background imageCowes Collection: Victoria Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Victoria Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Victoria Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1935. Crowds on the front, with ships in the distance

Background imageCowes Collection: Cowes Roadstead, 1925. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Cowes Roadstead, 1925. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Cowes Roadstead, 1925

Background imageCowes Collection: Charabanc, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Charabanc, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Charabanc, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: The three ketches Julnar, Cariad and Corisande racing upwind, 1913. Creator

The three ketches Julnar, Cariad and Corisande racing upwind, 1913. Creator
The three ketches Julnar, Cariad and Corisande racing upwind, 1913

Background imageCowes Collection: Decorated shop window of AP Gegg, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Decorated shop window of AP Gegg, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Decorated shop window of AP Gegg, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: Portrait of two women and a man, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Portrait of two women and a man, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Portrait of two women and a man, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: Portrait of a man in uniform, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Portrait of a man in uniform, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Portrait of a man in uniform, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: Portrait of a man and woman, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Portrait of a man and woman, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Portrait of a man and woman, c1935

Background imageCowes Collection: The Armorial Bearings of Major Hudson, c1930. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The Armorial Bearings of Major Hudson, c1930. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Armorial Bearings of Major Hudson, c1930. The coat of arms of Philip Herbert Cadoux-Hudson esquire, Major in the Hampshire Regiment

Background imageCowes Collection: Royal Motor Barge, possibly Isle of Wight, c1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Royal Motor Barge, possibly Isle of Wight, c1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Royal Motor Barge, possibly Isle of Wight, c1939

Background imageCowes Collection: Group portrait with naval officers, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Group portrait with naval officers, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group portrait with naval officers, c1935. An admiral and dignitaries, possibly photographed at the launch of a ship

Background imageCowes Collection: The 6 Metre Jonquil sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The 6 Metre Jonquil sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Jonquil sailing close-hauled, 1912

Background imageCowes Collection: The yawl Gertrude sailing close-hauled. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The yawl Gertrude sailing close-hauled. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Gertrude sailing close-hauled

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageCowes Collection: The 7 Metre class yacht Ithman, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The 7 Metre class yacht Ithman, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 7 Metre class yacht Ithman, 1911

Background imageCowes Collection: The 8 Metre Antwerpia (H19) and Windflower (H3) racing under spinnaker, 1911

The 8 Metre Antwerpia (H19) and Windflower (H3) racing under spinnaker, 1911



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Cowes, a picturesque town located on the Isle of Wight, has long been synonymous with yachting and maritime history, and is here that the 205-ton J-class yacht Velsheda gracefully sailed close hauled in 1933, showcasing the sheer elegance and power of these magnificent vessels. In Cowes, the sea becomes a stage for remarkable creations like the steam yacht Boadicea, anchored proudly amidst its surroundings. Crafted by Kirk & Sons of Cowes, this masterpiece stands as a testament to their craftsmanship and attention to detail. Speaking of Kirk & Sons' brilliance, their creation Cremona crashes through waves in an awe-inspiring display from 1913. The sheer force behind this vessel leaves spectators breathless as they witness its raw power. But Cowes isn't just about sailing; it offers much more. With its charming multiviews capturing every nook and cranny of this idyllic town on the Isle of Wight, visitors are transported into a world where beauty knows no bounds. Yachting enthusiasts flock to Cowes year after year to indulge in their passion for sailing. The sight of sleek yachts gliding effortlessly across azure waters is nothing short of mesmerizing - a true paradise for those who seek adventure on the open seas. Even railway air services recognized Cowes' allure as depicted in their captivating poster that invites travelers to experience the magic firsthand. This enchanting place beckons all who wish to escape reality and immerse themselves in nautical wonders. The steam yacht Joyeuse takes us back in time to 1914 when Kirk & Sons once again showcased their mastery at creating vessels that exude both opulence and grandeur. Its presence evokes nostalgia for an era defined by sophistication and grace. Fast forward to 1939 when La Toquade drops anchor off Cowes - another marvel created by Kirk & Sons.