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A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the bow, of the cargo liner Ayrshire (1903) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The Tilbury Hotel is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Ayrshire (1903) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Rimutaka (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has yards on her fore and main masts and a windsail is rigged over the machinery spaces aft of the mainmast. Tilbury Fort gatehouse is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Rimutaka (1884) (Glass plate negative)
Port broadside view of unidentified general cargo steamship under tow in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, bound up. She is laden & a three-island type with raised forecastle, bridge deck & poop, single funnel, two masts, vertical stem & counter stern, four lifeboats, one pair abaft the funnel & one pair on poop. Two low ventilator cowls ahead of the funnel in addition to the ventilator derrick post & navigation light towers on her forecastle. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Unidentified general cargo steamship (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Jumna (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has yards on her foremast and some awnings rigged fore and aft. A twin funnelled tug is astern of her. Tilbury is in the background. The negative is cracked. F. C. Gould & Son
Jumna (1886) (Glass plate negative)
Port side view, taken from ahead of beam, of passenger/cargo liner Lusitania (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been re-engined and is barquentine rigged with deckhouses abreast her foremast and an awning rigged aft. She is flying the blue peter and the Orient Line houseflag. The tug Vigilant (1874), seen from ahead of her port beam and with her stern out of the picture, is at anchor in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Lusitania (1871); Vigilant (1874) (Glass plate negative)
A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted topsail schooner rigged auxiliary steam yacht Sunbeam (1874) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her boat is on a painter astern. Three skiffs are in the foreground and Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Auxiliary yacht Sunbeam (1874) (Glass plate negative)
A port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the spritsail rigged general cargo barge Dorcas (1898) under sail during a Thames or Medway Barge Match. She is on the starboard tack and has the number 2 flag on her forestay. A vertical format negative. Negative number G1059 was taken during the same race. F. C. Gould & Son
Dorcas (1898) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and yards on her foremast. Four lighters and a canal barge are alongside her. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Oroya (1886) (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view, taken from very wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Ruahine (1891) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is brig rigged with yards on both masts. A steam passenger launch is alongside. Tilbury is in the background. She left Tilbury on her first voyage to New Zealand on 23 June 1892. The negative is cracked. F. C. Gould & Son
Ruahine (1891) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view, taken from very fine off the starboard bow, of the general cargo spritsail rigged barge Ash (1907) under sail during a Thames or Medway Barge Match. She is on the starboard tack and her leeboards are raised. The photographer is on board a paddle steamer and its wash is plainly seen. A vertical format negative. F. C. Gould & Son
Ash (1907) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Rimutaka (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and an awning rigged aft. An unidentified tug is in the right forground. Tilbury Fort gatehouse is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Rimutaka (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and four masts and is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Negative cracked. F. C. Gould & Son
Orotava (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the passenger liner Mexico (1902) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Rowing skiffs are in the foreground and the stern of the tug Red Rose (1895) is on the right. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Mexico (1902) (Glass plate negative)
Starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the spritsail barge Giralda (1897) under sail in Thames estuary during 1898 Medway Barge Match. She is in ballast & her leeboards are raised. The spritsail barge LORD NELSON (1898), also seen from abaft her starboard beam, is in the left background with a gaff cutter rigged boat near her stern. Both barges are competing in the Champion Topsail class. F. C. Gould & Son
Giralda (1897); Lord Nelson (1898) (Glass plate negative)
A whole plate negative of a painting of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889). She is depicted from off the starboard beam while under way in a rough sea. She is shown with four masts and short funnels between 1889 and the mid 1890s. A duplicate of negative number G9. F. C. Gould & Son
Oruba (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A view of small steam and sailing vessels in the Canal Basin at Gravesend, looking towards the Canal Tavern public house. The entrance to the Thames and Medway Canal is out of the picture to the left. .F.C. Gould & Son
The Canal Basin at Gravesend, 1894 (Glass plate negative)
The Nelson Inn at the corner of Windmill Street and New Road at Gravesend, with a group of local people gathered for the camera. The view is looking west towards Northfleet. This negative is a companion to G2337, which shows the site of the 'Nelson improvements' from another direction. The poster in the window is for Williams' Benefit featuring promenade concerts and fireworks at Rosherville Gardens on 15 September 1875. F.C. Gould & Son
The Nelson Inn at Gravesend, circa 1875 (Glass plate negative)
A very poor quality distant port broadside view of the passenger/cargo coastal liner Iona (1883) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is on the Tilbury shore in the right background. Negative number G1702 was taken on the same occasion but this has also been discarded. F. C. Gould & Son
Iona (1883) (Glass plate negative)
A poor quality starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Venetia (1873) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barque rig with the topgallant yards sent down and she has a large awning rigged aft. She is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1880 and G2142 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Venetia (1873) (Glass plate negative)
A whole plate negative of a painting of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889). She is depicted from off the starboard beam while under way in a rough sea. She is shown with four masts and short funnels between 1889 and the mid 1890s. A duplicate of negative number G9. F. C. Gould & Son
Oruba (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A painting showing a port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Massilia (1884) under way at sea. She is barque rigged and has all sails set. She is shown with two lifeboats amidships abreast the funnels. By 1892 she had three lifeboats abreast her funnels. The same image as negative number G1451. F. C. Gould & Son
Massilia (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A copy of an unsigned and undated painting depicting a port near broadside view of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Windsor Castle (1857) under sail in coastal waters. Her mizzen course and her royals are not set. A headland is in the left background and a 2 funnelled, 4 masted steamer is in the right background. Negative number G1312 is also a copy of this painting. F. C. Gould & Son
Windsor Castle (1857) (Glass plate negative)
A poor quality image of the interior of the music room on board the passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1892), immediately prior to her entry into commercial service. This is a Gould copy negative of a Bedford Lemere original photographic print numbered 11607. A better version of this image is negative number G10512 from the Bedford Lemere collection. F. C. Gould & Son
The music room of the Himalaya (1892) (Glass plate negative)
A poor quality port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Deccan (1868) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on each of her fore and main masts and none on her mizzen. The Tilbury ferry Earl of Essex (1877) is alongside her accommodation ladder. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1866 and G2141 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son
Deccan (1868) (Glass plate negative)