1069. (photo) Barque Clan Galbraith on the Beach Near Flying Point in Bridgehampton, Long Island July 22, 1916.
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1069. (photo) Barque Clan Galbraith on the Beach Near Flying Point in Bridgehampton, Long Island July 22, 1916.
1069. (photo) Barque Clan Galbraith on the Beach Near Flying Point in Bridgehampton, Long Island July 22, 1916. Original photo measures 6 ½” x 8 ½” and shows the four masted barque high and dry on the beach while locals sit on the beach examining the vessel. The Clan Galbraith, which went on the beach near Flying Point in Water Mill on July 22, 1916, was probably the largest sailing vessel ever grounded along this coast. She was a four-masted iron bark, 282 feet long and upward of 2,000 tons, sailing from Bristol, England, to New York. Although a British vessel, built in Glasgow, Scotland, she was sailing under the Norwegian flag because of the war with Germany. On the sides were painted Norwegian flags and the word “Norge” to warn German submarines that she was neutral. After going aground in storm and fog, she lay for about two weeks so near the shore that it was possible at low tide to reach, dry-shod, the rope ladder hanging over her side. Her graceful hull and tall masts could be seen from afar across the flat East End landscape, and so many visitors came that, according to newspaper reports, the beach “seemed like Riverhead Fair in the old days.” Rare large close image is clear and crisp, a few spots and some soiling to edges. (VG-). $94.