Cato (1849); Rosetta (1880)

A 12x10 negative. A port broadside view of the passenger.cargo liner Rosetta (1880) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter, has three yards on her foremast and an awning is rigged aft. The passenger ferry/tender and tug Cato (1849), seen from off her starboard beam, is alongside at the aft accommodation ladder and a two funnelled tug is alongside the starboard side forward. Tilbury is in the background. The negative is cracked. This is very similar to negative number G174 but the Cato (1849) has turned round.

Object Details

ID: G181
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Rosetta (1880); Cato (1849)
Date made: 8 August 1889
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha Ajiro Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha Asano, Soichiro, Japan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection