The passenger/cargo liner Aragon (1960) in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, passing Tilbury Landing Stage, Essex.

A distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Aragon (1960) under way in Gravesend Reach, River Thames, passing Tilbury at very slow speed, bound down. A W H J Alexander tug is escorting her. Crossing the river on the right, and seen from just abaft her port beam, is the Gravesend-Tilbury car ferry Tessa (1924).

Object details

ID: P37880
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Aragon (1960); Tessa (1924)
Date made: 1 Jul 1961
People: Harland & Wolff Ltd; Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm