City of Oxford (1882)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner City of Oxford (1882) just under way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, bound down. She is lightly laden and is flying a pilot flag. The screw tug Champion (1892) is alongside amidships. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G968
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Champion (1892); City of Oxford (1882)
Date made: 6 May 1903
People: G. Smith & Sons
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection