Indus (1884)

A whole plate negative. A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo steamship Indus (1884) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary brig rig with three yards on each mast. She is carrying eight lifeboats, two of which are swung out on the port side. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1927 and G1944 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G1927
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Indus (1884)
Date made: June 1884
People: Watson, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection