Calabria (1857)

A quarter plate negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the cable ship Calabria (1857) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and is flying the houseflag of the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company. Tilbury is in the background. A copy of whole plate negative number G1570.

Object Details

ID: R487
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Australasian (1857)
Date made: 21 September 1877
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection