Looking downstream in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, showing Gravesend on the right. In the right foreground is the Tilbury - Gravesend ferry Catherine (1903) heading across the river towards Tilbury. A cargo ship in ballast is in the centre of the picture. she is seen from ahead of her starboard beam and has three white bands on her vertical black funnel. The Royal Terrace Pier in Gravesend is to the right of centre.