Braemar Castle (1898)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Braemar Castle (1898) at anchir in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her hull paintwork is quite dirty. The paddle tug Iona (1876), formerly named Ben Nevis (1876), is alongside forward. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G714
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hills, Lionel Thomas
Vessels: Braemar Castle (1898); Ben Nevis (1876)
Date made: 8 April 1901
People: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd; D. Currie & Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection