Vectis (1881)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger cruise ship Vectis (1881), formerly the passenger/cargo liner Rome (1881), at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is shown as modified after 1904 with a longer poop. She has awnings rigged and is flying the blue peter and a pilot flag. She has a tug alongside her starboard side forward. It is low tide and Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G207
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Rome (1881)
Date made: 1904-1912
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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