A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Austral (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames.

A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Austral (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has tall funnels and yards on her masts. She is displaying the Blue Peter and is flying the Royal Mail pennant. Men in a boat are working on the mooring buoy at her bow. The Tilbury Hotel is in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G10484
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Austral (1881)
Date made: 22 May 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Image: 253 mm x 304 mm