Kangaroo (1853)

A whole plate negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from anly just ahead of the beam, of the cable ship Kangaroo (1853) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G2037
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Kangaroo (1853)
Date made: March 1878
People: Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection