Montana (1887)

A 12x10 negative. A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Montana (1887) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is fitted out as a cattle carrier. A steam launch named Alert is alongside forward. In the left background is the Tilbury-Gravesend passenger ferry Carlotta (1893) and drawn up on the Tilbury shore in the right background is the Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV.28 (1847).

Object Details

ID: G426
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Montana (1887); Carlotta (1893) Elk (1847)
Date made: 13 May 1893
People: Atlantic Transport Co Ltd; Williams, Torrey & Feild Ltd London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection