Sophocles (1883)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Sophocles (1883) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and she is letting off steam. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G430
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ionic (1883)
Date made: 1900-1906
People: George Thompson & Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection