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PLASSY as a troopship

PH/03913/00

Object category: PHOTOGRAPH

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Material/medium: Black & White Print

Dimensions:

  • overall; mount: 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; overall; print: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in

PLASSY (1901) served as a troopship in the Boer War and thereafter for most of her years. In the First World War PLASSY was used as a hospital ship and later to repatriate POWs.