Orvieto (1909)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orvieto (1909) under tow in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, bound in. She is being turned off the entrance to Tilbury docks with two Gamecock Steam Towing Co tugs ahead and one connected to her stern starting to pull it round. Tilbury Hotel is in the right background and the docks are in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G122
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Samuel
Vessels: Orvieto (1909)
Date made: Jun.1910
People: Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection