Taroba (1888)

A whole plate negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Taroba (1888) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames prior to her maiden voyage to Brisbane. She has three yards on her foremast. A twin funnelled tug is alongside her port side aft. The steam passenger launch Maude (1886) is at anchor in the foreground. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1708
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Taroba (1888); Maude (1886)
Date made: June 1888
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection