Sorata (1872)

A whole plate negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Sorata (1880) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barque rig and a large canvas has been draped over the deck and lifeboats between the funnel and the mainmast. A laden lighter is alongside amidships. The stern of a tug is in the foreground and Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G1594
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Sorata (1872)
Date made: 21 July 1886; 21 Jul. 1880 or 1886
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection