'Elephants on deck S.S. Ederanna'

A photograph of two elephants on board the British India passenger/cargo ship Edavana (1911), after being taken up as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. In the background is the back of another elephant and the windlass on the foredeck. An elephant keeper is holding a bucket as if about to sluice the deck with water. The deck has fodder and elephant dung strewn over it.

The photograph is captioned in white ink 'Elephants on deck S.S. Ederanna [Edavana]'.

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ID:	ALB0924.161
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Robert Wiles Simms
Date made:	1915-1916
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 72 mm x 98 mm
Parts:	British India S.N.Co. - Bandra (1914) (Photograph album) 'Horses for the front' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.44) 'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'. (Photographic print) (ALB0924.62) 'Taking horses on board a Transport' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.84) 'Discharging a Camel up Persian Gulf' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.111) 'Elephants on deck S.S. Ederanna' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.161) 'Mongoose & snake fighting' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.181)

'Elephants on deck S.S. Ederanna'

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