Sea Gull (1893)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the general cargo coaster Sea Gull (1893) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The stern of the tug Hibernia (1884) is in the left foreground. Tilbury Fort gatehouse is in the right background and the coast Guard Watch vessel CGWV.28 (1847) is on the Tilbury shore in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G499
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Sea Gull (1893); Elk (1847) Hibernia (1884)
Date made: 1893; 1893-1894
People: Leach & Co Ltd London
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection