San Francisco (1889)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the United States Navy protected cruiser San Francisco (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is in her original light schooner rig. Some of her crew are over the side on bosun's chairs touching up the paintwork of the hull. One of her boats is being rowed shorewards. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G830
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: San Francisco (1889)
Date made: March 1895 - March 1896
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection