Somersetshire (1867)
A whole plate negative. A port broadside view of the auxiliary ship rigged passenger/cargo liner Somersetshire (1867) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails and single topgallants with no royals. The Daniel List states her rig was double topgallants and single royals. A number of people are gathered on her poop. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives numbers G1334 and G1527 were taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | G1294 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Vessels: | Somersetshire (1867) |
Date made: | 1870-1885 |
People: | Money, Wigram and Son |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |