Ballaarat (1882)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Ballaarat (1882) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a brig rig and an awning is rigged abaft the mainmast. She has a slight stern wash indicating that she is using her engine to take the strain off her bow line ready for slipping from the buoy. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G503
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels: Ballaarat (1882)
Date made: 3 June 1889
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection