Massilia (1884)

A 12x10 negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Massilia (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has yards on her foremast. The passenger ferry Sir Walter Raleigh (1855), also seen from just ahead of her port beam, is alongside the liner. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G310
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Massilia (1884); Tilbury (1855)
Date made: 5 August 1892
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection