P & O steamship 'Shanghai', with a sunk hulk, Huangpu River, Shanghai

P & O steamship 'Shanghai', with a sunk hulk, Huangpu River, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-166

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-166. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-071b. The P & O (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) steamer ss 'Shanghai' (546 tons) was built in 1851 and was sold in 1862 to W. Dickenson, Shanghai.

Caption in album or on mount

P. & O. Str. "Shanghae" in harbor opposite docks. / "[…]dary" old hulk. Sunk. / 4/59

Location

Shanghai

Date

April 1859

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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