Chimborazo (1871)

A 12x10 negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Chimborazo (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter and is preparing to come away from her mooring buoy. She has two yards on her foremast and an awning is rigged aft. The steam passenger launch Maude (1886) is in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G138
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Chimborazo (1871); Maude (1886)
Date made: 25 March 1893
People: Pacific Steam Navigation Co; Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd Pilcher, Frederick Joseph Ocean Cruising & Highland Yachting Co Ltd Balding, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection