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A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Ortona (1899) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter to signify her imminent departure. The steam passenger launch Maude (1886) is near to the liner's accommodation ladder. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Ortona (1899) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has tall funnels and two masts and is in Royal Mail Steam Packet Co livery. She is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Frederick Samuel Gould; F. C. Gould & Son
Orotava (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been refitted and reduced to three masts, the original mainmast being removed. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Oroya (1886) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels. The passenger ferry CATO (1849) is alongside the liner. The bows of the tug Undaunted (1884) and another tug, seen from off the starboard side, are at anchor on the left. F. C. Gould & Son
Cato (1849); Oruba (1889); Undaunted (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A painting of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889). She is depicted from off the starboard beam while under way in a rough sea. She is shown with four masts and short funnels between 1889 and the mid 1890s. A duplicate of negative number G9. F. C. Gould & Son
Oruba (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A painting depicting the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) under way at sea in the period 1887 to 1890. She is shown from off her port broadside and has a staysail with square sails on the yards on her foremast. She has short funnels. A duplicate of negative number G32. F. C. Gould & Son
Oroya (1886) (Glass plate negative)
A painting of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) under way at sea. A port very near broadside view from just ahead of the beam showing her with square sails on her foremast yards, a staysail and four steadying sails set. She has short funnels and is depicted as she would have appeared between 1887 and 1891. A copy of negative number G1630. F. C. Gould & Son
Oroya (1886) (Glass plate negative)
A whole plate negative. A painting showing a port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Ortona (1899) under way in a rough sea. The negative has been retouched in way of the funnels. Negatives numbers G1685, G1846, G1848, G1856 and G1859 are all of the same painting. F. C. Gould & Son
Ortona (1899) (Glass plate negative)
A half plate negative of a painting of the passenger/cargo liner Oruba (1889). She is depicted from off the starboard beam while under way in a rough sea. She is shown with four masts and short funnels between 1889 and the mid 1890s. A duplicate of negative number G9. F. C. Gould & Son
Oruba (1889) (Glass plate negative)
Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
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G5512; ATRATO (1888); A starboard bow view; At anchor.
Atrato (1888) (Negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her funnels have been heightened and the yards on her foremast have been removed. Tilbury Fort gate is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Oroya (1886) (Glass plate negative)
G3216;AJAX (1894); Looking south-south-east from the north-west corner of the Empress Dock. The tug AJAX (1894) and the passenger/cargo liner AMAZON (1906) are on the left, the liners NORMAN (1894) with SAXON (1900) beyond are in the distance and the liner ST PAUL (1895) is on the right. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 60441.
Ajax (1894); Amazon (1906); St. Paul (1895); Southampton, Hampshire (Glass photonegative)
House flag, Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet
House flag, Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Ltd (House flag)