Whampoa (1873)

A whole plate negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo ship Whampoa (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barque rig and an awning is rigged aft. A spritsail barge is alongside her port quarter. Negatives numbers G1703 and G1947 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G1703
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Whampoa (1873)
Date made: 31 July 1878
People: Watts, Milburn and Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection