Mermerus (1872)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Mermerus (1874) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants on the fore and main and a single topgallant on the mizzen. She has painted ports. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1540
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Mermerus (1872)
Date made: April 1874
People: A. & J. H. Carmichael & Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green Blackwall Collection