Orotava (1889)

A 12x10 negative. A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. she is flying the blue peter and the passenger ferry Carlotta (1893), also seen from ahead of her port beam, is alongside forward. The forward part of a coal hulk is on the right. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G681
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orotava (1889); Carlotta (1893)
Date made: 1906-1914
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection