A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Orient Line passenger/cargo liner Otranto (1909) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, while embarking passengers from a tender.

A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Orient Line passenger/cargo liner Otranto (1909) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, while embarking passengers from a tender. The tender is alongside forward. The ship has her starboard anchor deployed and her port anchor is suspended below the hawse as it is being raised. The ship is flying the Blue Peter. Various vessels are at anchor or at moorings in the background. The photographer is looking downriver. Negative number N19821 was taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: N19820
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Otranto (1909)
Date made: 1909 - 1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm