North American (1856)

A whole plate negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel North American (1856) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV.28 (1847) is drawn up on the shore on the left and Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the right background. This vessel was converted from a steamship in 1874.

Object Details

ID: G2018
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: North American (1856); Elk (1847)
Date made: 23 July 1878
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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