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A starboard broadside view of 3 masted ship-rigged vessel La Hogue (1855) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails & single topgallants, painted ports & flying the blue peter. A stumpy rigged spritsail barge is alongside the port side amidships. Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is on the shore in the left background & Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the right background. Negatives numbers G1777 & G2289 taken on the same day. F. C. Gould & Son
La Hogue (1855) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Rewa (1882) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a brig rig and windsail ventilators are rigged forward. Multiple military personnel are on the forecastle and forward welldeck and a large tent has been erected on deck ahead of the bridge. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives numbers G1722, G1967, G2204 & G2205 taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Rewa (1882) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Navarino (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is brig rigged with three yards on each mast and she has awnings rigged over her bridge. She is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1961, G1975 and G1978 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Navarino (1873) (Glass plate negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Newcastle City (1882) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has four yards on her foremast. Men are working on the forecastle and on the mooring buoy. A rope ladder is hanging down amidships. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1689, G1949 and G2200 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Newcastle City (1882) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Chyebassa (1874) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and is flying the blue peter. She has an awning rigged aft and a twin funnelled paddle tug is alongside her starboard side amidships. The twin funnelled paddle tug Prince (1859), also seen from ahead of her port beam, is at anchor in the right foreground. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Chyebassa (1874); Prince (1859) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Superb (1866) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with fore and main double topsails, a single mizzen topsail and topgallants. She is flying a blue peter. A bawley is at anchor on the leftt and Tilbury is in the background. The horizon is not level. Negatives numbers G2254 and G2286 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Superb (1866) (Glass plate negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the cable ship Scotia (1862) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an awning rigged aft and she has double topsails on both masts. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1488 and G1715 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Scotia (1862) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port broadside view of the short sea passenger/cargo liner Ban Righ (1870) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is on a regular service from Aberdeen to London. A number of policemen are on the forecastle and some passengers are on deck aft. A mastless wooden hulled vessel is alongside a jetty on the Tilbury shore in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Ban Righ (1870) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Australasian (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is lightly laden and has to load for her maiden voyage which commenced of 7 July 1884. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Australasian (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Taroba (1888) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast. A twin funnelled paddle tug is alongside aft and a swim-headed stumpy rigged spritsail barge is working cargo alongside the forward holds. Three rowing skiffs are in the foreground and Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Taroba (1888) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Dilbhur (1865) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is bald-headed with double topsails and single topgallant yards. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. The original glass negative was broken and discarded. See also negative number G1320. F. C. Gould & Son
Dilbhur (1865) (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard broadside view of the 3 masted barque rigged vessel Wynaud (1854) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with single topsails, topgallants and royals on the fore and main masts. She is flying the houseflag of W H Tindall & Co at the mainmast head. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Wynaud (1854) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the cable ship Norseman (1865) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives number G1687 and G1712 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Norseman (1865) (Glass plate negative)
Starboard side view from well ahead of beam of passenger/cargo liner Loodiana (1885) about to get under way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast, hull forward stained with white, tow line running out from bow but she is connected to a mooring buoy. Steam screw tug Game Cock (1883), seen from off her port quarter, is in the foreground. Tilbury Fort is in the background. Negatives numbers G1966, G1979 & G2005 taken on the same day. F. C. Gould & Son
Game Cock (1883); Loodiana (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the paddle tug Surrey (1869) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has twin funnels abaft her paddle boxes and her boat is on a painter astern. She is flying her name pennant. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Frederick Charles Gould
Surrey (1869) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port broadside view of the Austrian Navy screw corvette Donau (1874) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her funnel is raised. The weather is dull and misty and the Tilbury shore can be made out in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Donau (1874) (Glass plate negative)
A fair quality starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Manora (1883) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter and has three yards on her foremast. The paddle tug Prince (1859) is alongside forward. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1729, G1730, G1962 and G1982 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Manora (1883) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Melbourne (1875) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a double topgallant on her main mast but only single topgallants on her fore and mizzen masts. Tilbury is in the background. The horizon is not quite level. Negatives numbers G1296 and G1297 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Melbourne (1875) (Glass plate negative)
A fair quality port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Newcastle City (1882) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has four yards on her foremast. Men are working on the forecastle and on the mooring buoy. A rope ladder is hanging down amidships. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1689, G1949 and G2200 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Newcastle City (1882) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the general cargo steamship Ganges (1880) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and is flying her international signal letters VDLW. Wooden supports are in place for a timber deck cargo. Tilbury Fort is in the background. Negatives numbers G1945 and G2206 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Ganges (1880) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the paddle tug Wonder (1856) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is a wooden hulled vessel with a clipper stem, figurehead, spike bowsprit, single mast and twin funnels. A pennant has been drawn in on the negative. A small wooden boat with a tall mast and long bowsprit is on the right. On the left is a steam vessel, possibly a yacht, flying a St Andrew's Cross flag at the ensign staff. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Wonder (1856) (Glass plate negative)
Aboard passenger cruise ship Ceylon (1858) while moored in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. From port side of the forecastle looking aft and to starboard over the forward well deck to the bridge and the short funnel. A telegraph is on the port side of the bridge and sides of beef are hanging on racks on the front of the port bridge wing supporting deckhouse. A crewman is standing in the doorway of the supporting deckhouse looking up at the camera. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Ceylon (1858) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Danish Navy screw corvette Dagmar (1861) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary 3 masted ship rig with three yards on each mast. The stern of the paddle tug Warrior (1871) is in the right foreground and Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G2057, G2080 and G2084 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Dagmar (1861) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the general cargo steamship Ganges (1880) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and is flying her international signal letters VDLW. Wooden supports are in place for a timber deck cargo. Tilbury Fort is in the background. Negatives numbers G1945 and G2206 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Ganges (1880) (Glass plate negative)