Hospital launch 'Queen Victoria' during the Egyptian campaign

Production date
1884
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Black and white photograph of a newspaper engraving. Features the hospital launch 'Queen Victoria' commissioned by the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). The launch was built, manned and run by the Red Cross on the River Nile during the Egyptian Campaign of 1884 to transport comforts and supplies up the Nile to Wadi Halfa and take the wounded back to Cairo.
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
item
Catalogue Number
IN0006

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