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A port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Orvieto (1909) under tow and manoeuvring in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Omrah (1899) just making way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
Five spectators or committee members on the starting platform on the Gravesend side of the River Thames opposite Tilbury after the start of a barge match. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Garonne (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Orient (1879) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
Spectators and committee members on the starting platform on the Gravesend side of the River Thames opposite Tilbury after the start of a barge match. (Roll film negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Chimborazo (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Otranto (1909) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Lusitania (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Orient (1879) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Chimborazo (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Austral (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the Devitt & Moore general cargo and cadet training ship Hesperus (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Cuzco (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
A very distant port bow view of the Type 81 general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) under way at Gravesend, bound up. (Roll film negative)
A distant port bow view of the Type 81 general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) under way at Gravesend, bound up. (Roll film negative)
A port side view of the Type 81 general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) under way at Gravesend, bound up. (Roll film negative)
The Clock Tower at Gravesend, 1892 (Glass plate negative)
The Sailors' Home at Gravesend (Glass plate negative)
The Canal Basin at Gravesend, 1894 (Glass plate negative)
St Thomas's Almshouses at Gravesend, 1898 (Glass plate negative)
Unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria at Gravesend, 1897 (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Chilean protected cruiser Chacabuco (1898) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. (Glass plate negative)
Gravesend Reach, River Thames, looking upriver from Tilbury Landing Stage. (Glass plate negative)
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