Balmoral (1892)

A 12x10 negative. A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 4 masted barque rigged general cargo sailing vessel Balmoral (1892) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is in ballast and is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants and single royals. The passenger ferry Carlotta (1893) is alongside the Tilbury ferry landing stage in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G341
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hills, Lionel Thomas
Vessels: Balmoral (1892); Carlotta (1893)
Date made: 21 December 1900
People: Palace Shipping Co Ltd; MacVicar, Marshall & Co London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection