Orizaba (1886)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orizaba (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on her foremast and her number three lifeboat is in the water but is still connected to the falls. An additional lifeboat and davits was later fitted abaft the bridge. An unidentified passenger steam launch is at anchor in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G502
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orizaba (1886)
Date made: 1886-1890
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection