Golconda (1887)

A 12x10 negative. A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Golconda (1887) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on each of her fore and main masts. Her pilot ladder is deployed. The paddle tug Prince (1859) has the liner's stern line on the right. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G755
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Golconda (1887); Prince (1859)
Date made: 23 May 1889; May 1889
People: British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection