Parramatta (1882)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Parramatta (1882) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is brig rigged and has awnings rigged. The deckhouses on either side of her forecastle forward of the mast have been extended. The paddle tug Victoria (1853) is alongside her bow. The Tilbury hotel is in the left background and the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry Thames (1868) is almost dried out on the shore in the right background.

Object Details

ID: G232
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels: Parramatta (1882); Victoria (1853) Thames (1868)
Date made: 9 June 1891; Jun. 1891
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; London & North Western Railway Co London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co Great Western Railway Co Midland Railway Co Watkins, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection