Trafalgar

The port: I believe that if you could pan a little to the right, everybody would recognize it as Dover. But a mistake here, where my answer, if correct, should have been answered already, seems to contain the risk of being thought of as stupidly self-confident, particularly as being a foreigner, so let me reduce that to: ) believe it may perchance be a small indistinct part of Dover, though this may be wildly speculative...
The ship: I have found a full rigged ship of that name, built in Greenock 1875 and owned in Sandefjord by Klaveness from 1903 to 1915. In 1915 she was sold to Tvedestrand and disappeared in October 1915. I know Klaveness moved to Christiania (Oslo) sometime before 1915, and that reducing ships to barques were common in the interest of economy. If this is that ship (she has a lot in common with the painted one I am looking at), then we are looking at a veteran, as the picture must be a relatively modern one, judging from the quality. But the early iron ships were solid, the shipbuilders did not yet know how much they could reduce thicknesses.
Stein

Hello Stein,

You are correct it is Dover. the Wellington and Granville Dock area along side Snargate Street. These were were cargo ships would discharge and were in operation untill the late 1980's ? (I think). The Steamer is probably a South Eastern and Chatham Railway ship. The Railway boats used the Wellington Dock for their winter layovers before refit.

Regards

Locking Splice

Gent's thanks for the infomation,
Stein you are correct about the ship, I have found another photo of her and it says that she was sold to A F Klaveness in 1903 and she was converted from a full rigged ship.

Cheers Frank(Thumb)

I've come to take an interest in that ship. I've not found her builder, but her first owner were Donaldson Rose of Aberdeen, and she was a regular Sydney trader, had a main skysail and obviously carried passengers. I've found a picture from her glory days:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/4/0/doc/b40060.shtml
Gooood looker! Stein

Stein, with the second picture there is a little information, the Trafalgar was 1,492 tons, built in 1875 by Scotts of Greenock and converted to barque rig in 1912. I have inserted the information in the description.
Cheers Frank(Thumb)