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An image showing 'A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the cable ship Hibernia (1861) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and none on her main and mizzen masts. The paddle tug Agincourt (1861) is alongside forward. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1711 and G2042 were taken on the same occasion. F. C. Gould & Son'
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Hibernia (1861)

A whole plate negative. A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the cable ship Hibernia (1861) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and none on her main and mizzen masts. The paddle tug Agincourt (1861) is alongside forward. Tilbury is in the background. The Hibernia (1861) sailed from Gravesend 30 October 1877 for Brazil and was wrecked at Maranhao 22 November 1877. Negatives numbers G1711 and G2042 were taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details

ID: G1711
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Hibernia (1861); Talbot (1861)
Date made: 24 August 1877
People: Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection