Talk:SB Centaur

Text import
I have had a brief look at the massive improvements since my last edit and few thoughts occur. The article is looking brilliant- the images less so- the image of two vessels in the swin is generic- I can't see why it shouldn't be a image of the Centaur. The Centaur existed with bowsprit and without it will be harder to find one of her with a bowsprit and I have failed to take a shot of her actually sailing but I think it should be considered. The quality of the shot of the Edith May is an embarrassment. It was only used to illustrate the point that these barges (normally? cn)sailed in port without the mainsail. The reference to the East Swin is hanging- and needs to be incorporated in the text. In the diagram, the jib and the staysail are possibly wrongly coloured- these sails were stowed below decks so didn't need the UV protection of ochre.ClemRutter (talk) 08:20, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi . Thanks for that. I am weak on images, so the nudge is appreciated. Checking commons I find a number of the Centaur posted by you. Any idea where/if I can find one of her under sail? Gog the Mild (talk) 09:29, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Inconsistencies in references
I still have a nagging doubt that there may have been 2 ships Centaur 1895 and Centaur 1899. March p 170 says that the LRTC Centaur (Rochester barge) was lost in 1930 after colliding with Aspbodel- there was an enquiry- so this could be checked. (this was the barge that was also hit by the CMB). The Medway barge race of 6th June 1899 is described in March p152 "it was a glorious day with light easterly winds, when Centaur only completed the day before, led the fleet over the line." then "with Centaur leading Giralda by 2 1/2 minutes a slendid performance on the part of an untried barge". Any thoughts. ClemRutter (talk) 09:22, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


 * ClemRutter I struggled with the same discrepancies, but the thought of two Centaurs never occurred to me. As I am used to working on Roman era articles the minor discrepancy in reports from over 100 years ago didn't ring any alarm bells. Perhaps they should have. I shall investigate as you suggest. Thank you. Gog the Mild (talk) 09:33, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I had totally forgotten (memory problem) that I have uploaded photographs of the two Centaurs. see: Commons:Category:Thames barges. A lot of very slick looking websites have missed this problem. I have started an article on the redlink SB George Smeed


 * The whole World War 1 section needs to be rewritten, as it surely was the Kent barge that played piggy back with the CMB. The copious web stuff written by the Essex barge owners and seems to have got it wrong--and adopted the Kent barges history. --ClemRutter (talk) 07:55, 22 September 2018 (UTC)