Turakina (1902)

A 12x10 negative. A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Turakina (1902) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has horse stalls abreast number one hold and she is flying the blue peter. The passenger ferry Earl of Essex (1877) is alongside the Tilbury landing stage in the background.

Object Details

ID: G577
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Turakina (1902); Earl of Essex (1877)
Date made: 1902-1905; 1902-1914
People: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd; London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection