Storm Cock (1881)

A whole plate negative. A port broadside view of the screw tug Storm Cock (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Some of her crew are standing on deck. A stumpy spritsail barge and the passenger/cargo ferry Sir Walter Raleigh (1855) are in the background, the latter being alongside the Tilbury Ferry pontoon.

Object Details

ID: G1651
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Storm Cock (1881); Tilbury (1855)
Date made: 1881-1890; 1882-1890
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co; R. Holland and others G Doust and others, Gravesend Dunn, Joseph H Newport Screw Towing Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection