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Catalogue Reference:(NMM) P85288

Lascars, or Asian sailors, lined up on one of the decks of the ship Viceroy of India wearing lifejackets for a lifeboat drill in 1929. In 1942 during World War Two the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. A member of the Viceroy's crew later reported "The men's silent bravery had to be seen to be believed."

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