Lusitania (1871)

A whole plate negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Lusitania (1871) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is as built with a barque rig and has an awning rigged aft. She is flying the houseflag used by the Orient Steam Navigation Co in the period 1878-1880. It is a combination of the houseflags of Anderson, Anderson & Co and Frederick Green & Co. A lighter is alongside aft. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G2012
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Lusitania (1871)
Date made: 29 June 1878
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection