Photo archive

The wreck of the (RIMS) Warren Hastings

This photograph from the Museum archives shows the wreck of the Royal Indian Marine Ship (RIMS) Warren Hastings which ran aground on the coastline of Réunion (Indian Ocean) on 14 January 1897. Further photographs show some of the survivors and the camp established for salvage from the wreck.

2 KRRC band at Ranikhet

The exact provenance of this photograph is not known. However, the bandsmen are wearing Broderick caps with King’s Royal Rifle Corps cap badges. There is also a reference to Ranikhet chalked on the box in the foreground of the photograph.

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