Very Rare Piece Of The ROYAL BARGE Built For Queen Mary In 1679 Wreck ?
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This is a very rare Piece of the ROYAL BARGE built for QUEEN MARY in 1679 by WILLIAM III . I don't know whether it was ever wrecked but as the card says it was repaired in Bedells Boathouse in 1919 when this piece was saved .
The only reference I can find to a Royal Barge built for Queen Mary is listed below . This however say Queen May's Shallop was built in 1689 but the last use after the WWI ties in with it being repaired in 1919 . I suggest the 1679 date could be a m...istake unless there was another built in Holland before the King and Queen came to England ?? Please let me know if anybody knows better ! Thanks
QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP 1689 On 4 August 1919, on the fifth anniversary of Britain’sdeclaration of war on Germany, a Peace Pageant was held consisting of a vastRiver Procession. The Thames Peace Pageant celebrated the efforts of Englishmariners and merchant seamen in the First World War. The pageant set off fromLondon Bridge at 4pm on Bank Holiday Monday 4 August 1919 with QUEEN MARY’SSHALLOP at its head and a huge variety of water craft following. QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP carried the King, the Queen, QueenAlexandra, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Princess Mary and PrincessVictoria, who took their seats to the accompaniment of the National Anthemplayed by the Royal Marine Band and the guns at the Tower of London. Theroyal barge was rowed by eight watermen in scarlet coats, black velvet jockeycaps, and white gloves.The procession stretched along five miles of the river, fromLondon Bridge to Chelsea. It attracted enormous crowds to the river banks, bridges and the Thames itself, which was lined with spectators, moored boatsand decorated with flags and banners. The Royal Barge, QUEEN MARY’SSHALLOP, made her last ever voyage as part of this pageant. She was the last ofthe old state barges. At the Peace Pageant she took centre stage, closely followedby the Lords of the Admiralty in separate ten-oared cutters, each accompaniedby a steamboat.A green steam barge carried the Lord Mayor, following which werea dozen twelve-oared Navy cutters, four Navy picket boats with guns, an armedmotor launch, and a barge displaying guns used in the First World War. Theprocession featured boats of all types, from coastal motor boats to cutters andships’ boats.The main body of the procession featured flagged and decoratedcraft from maritime institutions and the British Merchant Service. Décorconsisted of bunting and 50 streamers, decking the bridges, ships, wharves, cranes and scaffolding. Choirs sang sea songs on the Embankment and bandsplayed along the bank and at those piers where King George V entered anddisembarked the royal barge. At Cadogan Pier the King disembarked to survey thepageant and receive the salutes of various assembled units. Above the salutingpoint the procession turned and returned eastward.The river pageant attracted a big audience, includingmembers of the House of Commons who adjourned to the Terrace to watch theprocession go by. During the planning stage concern had been expressed aboutthe accommodation available for wounded soldiers to view the procession. Onthe day, special provision was made, with the whole of Lambeth Bridge allottedby the London County Council as a viewing platform for the wounded.QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP was commissioned by William III for QueenMary II in 1689. Her hull is similar in proportion to a wherry, although shewas not built in the true wherry tradition. Her original canopy was green andgold; the present one was made in 1912.After 1849, when Prince Frederick's Barge was taken out ofservice, QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP became the only remaining State Barge of theEnglish Crown. She was used in 1912 when King George V and Queen Mary attendedthe Royal Regatta at Henley. The next and final use of the white-hulledbarge was in the Peace Pageant in August 1919.
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The only reference I can find to a Royal Barge built for Queen Mary is listed below . This however say Queen May's Shallop was built in 1689 but the last use after the WWI ties in with it being repaired in 1919 . I suggest the 1679 date could be a m...istake unless there was another built in Holland before the King and Queen came to England ?? Please let me know if anybody knows better ! Thanks
QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP 1689 On 4 August 1919, on the fifth anniversary of Britain’sdeclaration of war on Germany, a Peace Pageant was held consisting of a vastRiver Procession. The Thames Peace Pageant celebrated the efforts of Englishmariners and merchant seamen in the First World War. The pageant set off fromLondon Bridge at 4pm on Bank Holiday Monday 4 August 1919 with QUEEN MARY’SSHALLOP at its head and a huge variety of water craft following. QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP carried the King, the Queen, QueenAlexandra, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Princess Mary and PrincessVictoria, who took their seats to the accompaniment of the National Anthemplayed by the Royal Marine Band and the guns at the Tower of London. Theroyal barge was rowed by eight watermen in scarlet coats, black velvet jockeycaps, and white gloves.The procession stretched along five miles of the river, fromLondon Bridge to Chelsea. It attracted enormous crowds to the river banks, bridges and the Thames itself, which was lined with spectators, moored boatsand decorated with flags and banners. The Royal Barge, QUEEN MARY’SSHALLOP, made her last ever voyage as part of this pageant. She was the last ofthe old state barges. At the Peace Pageant she took centre stage, closely followedby the Lords of the Admiralty in separate ten-oared cutters, each accompaniedby a steamboat.A green steam barge carried the Lord Mayor, following which werea dozen twelve-oared Navy cutters, four Navy picket boats with guns, an armedmotor launch, and a barge displaying guns used in the First World War. Theprocession featured boats of all types, from coastal motor boats to cutters andships’ boats.The main body of the procession featured flagged and decoratedcraft from maritime institutions and the British Merchant Service. Décorconsisted of bunting and 50 streamers, decking the bridges, ships, wharves, cranes and scaffolding. Choirs sang sea songs on the Embankment and bandsplayed along the bank and at those piers where King George V entered anddisembarked the royal barge. At Cadogan Pier the King disembarked to survey thepageant and receive the salutes of various assembled units. Above the salutingpoint the procession turned and returned eastward.The river pageant attracted a big audience, includingmembers of the House of Commons who adjourned to the Terrace to watch theprocession go by. During the planning stage concern had been expressed aboutthe accommodation available for wounded soldiers to view the procession. Onthe day, special provision was made, with the whole of Lambeth Bridge allottedby the London County Council as a viewing platform for the wounded.QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP was commissioned by William III for QueenMary II in 1689. Her hull is similar in proportion to a wherry, although shewas not built in the true wherry tradition. Her original canopy was green andgold; the present one was made in 1912.After 1849, when Prince Frederick's Barge was taken out ofservice, QUEEN MARY’S SHALLOP became the only remaining State Barge of theEnglish Crown. She was used in 1912 when King George V and Queen Mary attendedthe Royal Regatta at Henley. The next and final use of the white-hulledbarge was in the Peace Pageant in August 1919.
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