Orizaba (1886)

A 10x8 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. An additional lifeboat and davits was later fitted abaft the bridge. The tug Contest (1883), seen from just ahead of her starboard beam, is at anchor in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G637
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orizaba (1886); Contest (1883)
Date made: 29 March 1888
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection