View of Tilbury Docks from the Tilbury Hotel

A 12x10 negative. A view of Tilbury looking northeast from an upper floor of the Tilbury Hotel. The tidal basin of Tilbury Docks is in the foreground and the Belgian short sea cargo vessel Topaze (1897), seen from above her port quarter, is alongside the quay on the right side of the image. In number 1 dry dock is the P & O passenger/cargo liner Mooltan (1905), seen from off her port bow.

Object Details

ID: G871
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Mooltan (1905); Topaze (1897)
Date made: 1897-1914; 1905-1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 253 mm x 304 mm