Ruahine (1891)

A 12x10 negative. A port bow view, taken from very wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Ruahine (1891) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is brig rigged with yards on both masts. A steam passenger launch is alongside. Tilbury is in the background. She left Tilbury on her first voyage to New Zealand on 23 June 1892. The negative is cracked.

Object Details

ID: G67
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ruahine (1891)
Date made: 3 June 1892
People: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection