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A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Gothic (1893) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. The Tilbury Hotel is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Gothic (1893) (Glass plate negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Cornwall (1896) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. There are no yards on her foremast and she is lightly laden. A passenger steam launch is alongside amidships. A stumpy spritsail barge in close to the Tilbury shore in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Cornwall (1896) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Sunda (1895) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has awnings rigged and is flying the blue peter and a pilot flag. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Sunda (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Borneo (1895) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is loaded almost to her marks and is flying the blue peter and a pilot flag. The negatives numbers G204, G216 and G287 were taken very close together and as it is slack water on a calm day the spritsail barge in the background has hardly moved. The stern of the lighterage tug Terrier (1883) is on the left. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Borneo (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Nineveh (1894) under tow in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a barquentine rig with double topsails and a single topgallant on the foremast. Her starboard andchor is not housed. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Nineveh (1894) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the 4 masted barque rigged general cargo sailing vessel Arthur Sewall (1899) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants and single royals. The tug Game Cock (1883) is alongside amidships. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Arthur Sewall (1899) (Glass plate negative)
A distant port near broadside view, taken from abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Socotra (1897) under way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, passing Tilbury Docks bound up. She is flying a pilot flag and her accommodation ladder is rigged amidships. A stumpy spritsail barge is under sail in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Socotra (1897) (Glass plate negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Moldavia (1903) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying a pilot flag at the starboard yardarm. A line from her bow is running out to a tug (out of the picture) and men are working on the mooring buoy. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Moldavia (1903) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the general cargo steamship Scottish King (1896) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a clipper stem with figurehead. She appears to have a buff funnel with black top and the logo is the capital letter A within a white circle. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Scottish King (1896) (Glass plate negative)
Port near broadside view taken just ahead of beam, of four masted barque rigged general cargo & cadet sailing vessel at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has her original short poop deck which does not extend forward of the mainmast. Men are squaring away aloft & on the fore & main stays removing the chafing gear (baggywrinkles). She is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants & single royals. Tilbury in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Herzogin Cecilie (1902) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Borneo (1895) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is loaded almost to her marks and is flying the blue peter and a pilot flag. The negatives numbers G204, G216 and G287 were taken very close together and as it is slack water on a calm day the spritsail barge in the background has hardly moved. The stern of the lighterage tug Terrier (1883) is on the left. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Borneo (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Fort Salisbury (1895) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her standard compass has been fitted on top of a wooden structure at the rear of the bridge. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Fort Salisbury (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Waiwera (1899) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, prior to her maiden voyage to Wellington, New Zealand. She has four yards on her foremast. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Waiwera (1899) (Sheet film negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship-rigged general cargo sailing vessel Derwent (1884) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has painted ports and is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants and single royals. She is flying the blue peter and a few men are in the rigging preparing to get under sail. She is loaded down to her marks. Tilbury Fort gatehouse is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Derwent (1884) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Persia (1883) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is fitted out as a horse transport with horse stalls occupying nearly all of her former well decks, except for a small section aft. She is Boer War transport number 54. She is still fitted with two yards on her foremast. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Persia (1883) (Glass plate negative)
A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Manchester Merchant (1900) under way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, bound up. She is lightly laden and is serving as a Boer War transport with the number 92 on her hull. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Manchester Merchant (1900) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Suevic (1901) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her hull paintwork is grubby. The screw tug Condor (1901) is alongside aft. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Suevic (1901) (Glass plate negative)
A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Pera (19030 at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is lightly laden and a twin funnelled tug is alongside her starboard quarter. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Pera (1903) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Omrah (1899) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Tilbury is in the background. This photograph was taken on the day of the commencement of her maiden voyage to Australia. F. C. Gould & Son
Omrah (1899) (Glass plate negative)
Port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of beam, of four masted barque rigged general cargo & cadet sailing vessel at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has her original short poop deck which does not extend forward of the mainmast. Men are squaring away aloft & some men are on the fore & main stays removing the chafing gear (baggywrinkles). She is rigged with double topsails, double topgallants & single royals. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Herzogin Cecilie (1902) (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Guelph (1894) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is light in the water and her hull is in need of some paint. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Guelph (1894) (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Sussex (1900) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is in ballast and the Tilbury Hotel is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Sussex (1900) (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Moldavia (1903) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying a pilot flag at the starboard yardarm. A line from her bow is running out to a tug (out of the picture) and men are working on the mooring buoy. Tilbury is in the background. Lionel Thomas Hills
Moldavia (1903) (Glass plate negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Clyde (1881) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has awnings rigged aft and over the bridge and she has three yards on her foremast. The passenger ferry Sir Walter Raleigh (1855), also seen from just abaft her port beam, is alongside. Tilbury is in the background. F. C. Gould & Son
Clyde (1881); Sir Walter Raleigh (1855) (Glass plate negative)