A group of boys on a visit to the boiler room on board a British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship during a cruise.

A group of twelve boys on a visit to the boiler room on board a British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship during a cruise. The boys are being told about the machinery by an engineer in a boiler suit who is standing by the front of one of the boilers. The boilers are operating at about 500 lbs. per square inch. The ship is either the Uganda (1952) or the Nevasa (1956).

Object Details

ID: P62452CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Uganda (1952); Nevasa (1956)
Date made: 1965 - 1972
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm x 58 mm