Orotava (1889)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has tall funnels and two masts and is in Royal Mail Steam Packet Co livery. She is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G103
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son; Gould, Frederick Samuel
Vessels: Orotava (1889)
Date made: 1907
People: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection