Picture No | 11100802 |
Date | 1871 |
Description | The ship Rangoon sinks, 1871 |
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The P&O mail steamship Rangoon sinking after the removal of the passengers and crew. The ship was accidently run onto the rocks when leaving Galle harbour in Sri Lanka, where it eventually sank.
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Source | Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 2nd December 1871, page 625. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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