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A posed group of four officer cadets with sextants on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929).
A posed photograph of four P & O cadets of the 'Viceroy of India' (1929) on the starboard side of the Bridge Deck with their sextants.
P & O officers and cadets generally wore navy blue uniforms. They changed into cooler all-whites in the tropics. Officers kitted themselves out with their own money.
During the Second World War the 'Viceroy of India' was converted to a troopship. She was sunk by a German U-boat in 1942.
P & O officers and cadets generally wore navy blue uniforms. They changed into cooler all-whites in the tropics. Officers kitted themselves out with their own money.
During the Second World War the 'Viceroy of India' was converted to a troopship. She was sunk by a German U-boat in 1942.
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Object Details
| ID: | P85348 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Vessels: | Viceroy of India (1929) |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 168 mm x 117 mm |