The wood-panelled interior of the second class smoking room aboard the SS Narkunda
- Date:
- 22 Apr 1920 - 31 Aug 1921
- Reference:
- BL24902/024
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Description
The SS Narkunda was built by Harland and Wolff Limited in 1920 and was owned by P&O (the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company), for whom this photograph was taken. The photograph was almost certainly taken to document the appearance of the new ship. A note in the margin of the Bedford Lemere Ships Register reads 'Aug 1921', so it is possible that the last nine images of the Narkunda from this series were photographed the following year from the first twenty images, hence the creation date range here recorded.
In 1942 the SS Narkunda was serving as an auxiliary troop transport vessel during the Allied landings in North Africa when she was bombed, sinking some distance off Bougie to the east of Algiers with thirty-one lives lost.
Content
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Rights
Source: Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Keywords
Smoking Room, Early 20th Century Watercraft, Water Transport