Item 0032 - Grand-son of the Emperor on Board H. M. S. Gambia

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326-IM-0055-0032

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Grand-son of the Emperor on Board H. M. S. Gambia

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  • 1955-08-15 (Creation)

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The Times of Ceylon Press

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On board the H. M. S. Gambia, now in Trincomalee, is the grand-son of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. He is Mid-shipman Desta-Lij Alexander Desta, who completed his officer-cadet training at Dartmouth Naval College, in 1954. Mid-shipman, Desta fights shy of press cameramen but is a keen cameraman himself. he has a miniature camera, the size of a cigarette lighter, which he uses often, on board.

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