Oroya (1886)

A half plate negative. A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels but the yards on her foremast have been removed. The tug Eagle (1884), seen from just ahead of her port beam, is at anchor. Tilbury is in the background. A copy of part of negative number G490.

Object Details

ID: G1811
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Oroya (1886); Eagle (1884)
Date made: 11 April 1890
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection