Formosa (1892)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Formosa (1892) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. A small awning has been erected abaft the superstructure. The tug Nubia (1890), seen from just abaft her starboard beam, is alongside the bow of the liner. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G241
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Formosa (1892); Nubia (1890)
Date made: 16 May 1896
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; Watkins, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection