Ceylon (1894)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port broadside view of the cargo liner Ceylon (1894) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Note she has a double steering wheel on the poop and her boats are painted brown. She is flying the blue peter. A Watkins paddle tug is alongside her starboard quarter. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G271
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ceylon (1894)
Date made: 1894-1908
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; Kishimoto Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha Kawachi Goshi Kaisha Spanish owners French Government
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection