Orotava (1889)

A 12x10 negative. A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and four masts and is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Negative cracked.

Object Details

ID: G72
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orotava (1889)
Date made: 19 June 1891
People: Pacific Steam Navigation Co; Royal Mail Steam Packet Co Ltd The Admiralty The Shipping Controller
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection