Rimutaka (1884)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Rimutaka (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has yards on her fore and main masts and a windsail is rigged over the machinery spaces aft of the mainmast. Tilbury Fort gatehouse is in the background. The negative is cracked.

Object Details

ID: G70
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Rimutaka (1884)
Date made: 31 May 1891; May 1891
People: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd; British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection