Orita (1903)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Orita (1903) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is washing out her starboard hawse and is flying the pilot flag. The tug Game Cock (1883), also seen from off her starboard broadside, is alongside the liner's accommodation ladder amidships. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1158
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orita (1903); Game Cock (1883)
Date made: 1903-1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection