Ly-Ee-Moon (1859)

A whole plate negative. A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Ly-Ee-Moon (1859) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her original paddles have been removed and she has been converted into a screw driven steamship with new engines and two tall thin funnels. She has a 3 masted rig with two yards on the foremast. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G2248
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ly-Ee-Moon (1859)
Date made: 1874
People: Dent & Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection