Lascars on British Ships: The Question of their Retention

Lascars on British Ships: The Question of their Retention. "Human Salamanders":The Lascar at Work and Play. Employed on board P&O Australian Line liners - working as Coal Stokers and Chefs. A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, and other territories located to the east of the Cape of Good Hope, who were employed on European ships from the 16th century until the middle of the 20th century

Asiatic Chef Chefs Cooks Employed Lascar Liners Salamanders Seamen Southeast Stoker Stokers Stoking

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