INDIAN NAVY'S NEW FRIGATE LAUNCHED AT COWES...
COCONUT TAKES PLACE OF CHAMPAGNE...
The I.N. KUTHAR - new frigate of the Indian Navy wwas launched at Cowes today by MRS. USHA RAJWADE wife of the Military Adviser to the H.C. for India in the United Kingdom. A coconut took the place of the more unusual champagne...The vessel is 310 ft. long and has a beam of 33ft.
KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: MRS. RAJWADE prays in true Indian style - and recites an invocation to the God of the Seas - during the launching ceremony at Cowes today.
Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.
Photo is dated 10-10-1958.
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