A memorial plaque to the lost crew of the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser India (1896) in the cemetery at Narvik, Norway.

A close-up view of the memorial plaque to the lost crew of the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser India (1896) in the cemetery at Narvik, Norway. The India was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U.22 on 8 August 1915 off Helligvaer near Bodo, Norway. 160 officers and crew were lost in the sinking and this plaque commemmorates 13 of them. The photographer took the picture during a cruise of the Norwegian fjords by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929). A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P93605
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: India (1896)
Date made: 1930-1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 168 mm x 117 mm