Ionic (1902)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Ionic (1902) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter and the pilot flag, indicating her imminent departure on her maiden voyage to Wellington, New Zealand. The passenger ferry Carlotta (1893), seen from just ahead of her starboard beam, is alongside amidships. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G470
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ionic (1902); Carlotta (1893)
Date made: 16 January 1903
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection