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RASMARA with tender alongside

PH/04798/00

Object category: PHOTOGRAPH

Shipping Line:

Material/medium: Black & White Negative

Dimensions:

  • overall: 4 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in

RASMARA (1890) entered the Rangoon/Moulmein service together with her sister ship RAMAPOORA (1887). These are the vessels referred to in Rudyard Kipling’s 'Barrack Room Ballads': “Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?".