A tourist boat on the River Ganges at Benares, India

A tourist boat on the River Ganges at Benares, India. The wooden boat has a crew of five comprising an officer (the man with a peaked cap), two rowers forward, a steersman aft and a deckhand. The passengers are accommodated in a midship cabin, in the open forward and aft of the cabin and seated on chairs fitted on top of the cabin.

Object Details

ID: P90734
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 110 mm