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.

Object Details

ID: G482
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 Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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