Ballaarat (1882)

A 10x8 negative. A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, 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. The paddle tug Robert Bruce (1865) is moored ahead of her port bow. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G661
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ballaarat (1882); Robert Bruce (1865)
Date made: 1 July 1889
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection