Lusitania (1871)

A 10x8 negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Lusitania (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been re-engined and refitted with deckhouses abreast the foremast. She is barque rigged and has an awning rigged aft. A lighter is alongside forward and the passenger ferry Cato (1849) is alongside aft. Tilbury Fort is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G641
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Lusitania (1871); Cato (1849)
Date made: 29 September 1887; 1887
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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