Oruba (1889)
A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been rebuilt with tall yellow funnels and only two masts. The passenger ferry Catherine (1903) is alongside. The bow of the lighter Thames Conservancy No. 10 is on the left.
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Object Details
ID: | G482 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Vessels: | Oruba (1889); Catherine (1903) |
Date made: | 1906-1914 |
People: | Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |