Delta (1905)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Delta (1905) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has awnings rigged over the bridge and is flying the blue peter and a pilot flag. The paddle ferry Earl of Essex (1877), seen from ahead of her port beam, is alongside the stern of the liner. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G318
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hills, Lionel Thomas; F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Delta (1905); Earl of Essex (1877)
Date made: 28 Oct.ober 1905
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection