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Re: City of Pretoria
Posted by: Mark McShane ()
Date: August 27, 2012 03:59PM

Ellerman's like Clan Line and other British shipping companies employed Indian/Lascar seamen. These crews were usuallly quite large, espeically if the ship was a coal fired steam ship. It would not be unusual to have 80-90 Indian ratings with 15-20 British officers on board.

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City of Pretoria Eric Stone 08/26/2012 03:49PM
Re: City of Pretoria vito 08/27/2012 09:22AM
Re: City of Pretoria Mark McShane 08/27/2012 03:59PM
Re: City of Pretoria Eric Stone 08/27/2012 06:07PM


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