Nairnshire (1899)

A 12x10 negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Nairnshire (1899) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is light in the water. The Tilbury passenger ferry Carlotta (1893) is dried out on the Tilbury shore in the background.

Object Details

ID: G866
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Carlotta (1893); Nairnshire (1899)
Date made: 27 April 1904
People: Elderslie Steamship Co Ltd; London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection