City of Manchester (1903)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner City of Manchester (1903) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The screw tug Falcon (1892), in the livery of the Gamecock Steam Towing Co, is alongside amidships. Tilbury docks are in the background.

Object Details

ID: G945
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: City of Manchester (1903); Falcon (1892)
Date made: 1903-1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection