Orient (1879)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orient (1879) under tow in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, bound up. The bow tug is the Victor (1895) and the tug Champion (1892) is alongside the liner. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G740
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879); Champion (1892) Victor (1895)
Date made: 4 June 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection