H.M-8. Ships on the China Station.
The following is a list of British warships now on the China station, numbering in all 37, of which two are over 14,000 tons, 2 over 10,000 tons, 3 over 7000 tons, 5 over 5000 tons, 2 over 2000 tons, 3 over 1700 tons, 4 over 1000 tons,- and 12 over 600 tons: — Alacrity, 1706 tons; Algerine, 1050 tons; Archer, 1770 tons ; Barfleur, 10,500 tons ; Bonaventure, 4360 tons ; Centurion, 10,500 tons; Daphne, 1150; Edgar, 7350 tons; Esk, 363 tons; Fame 260 ton?;. Firebrand, 455 tons; Gibraltar, 7700 tons ; Grafton, 7330 tons ; Handy, 260 tons., Hart, 260 tons; H umber 1640, t0n5; Immortalite, 5600 tons; Iphigenia, 3600 tons ; Linnet, 756 tons ; Naroissus, 5600 tons; Peacock, 750 tons; Phoenix, 1050 tons; Pigmy, 750 tons ; Pique, 3600 tons ; Plover, 755 tons ; Powerful, 14,200 tons ; Rainbow, 3600 tons ; Rattler, 715 tons ; Redpole, 805 tons; Swift, 756 tons; Tamar, 8047 Ions; Tweed, 363 tons; Undaunted, 5600 tons ; Victor Emanuel, 5157 ions ; 14,900 tons ; Whiting. 260 tons ; Wivern, 2750 tons. Other, nations, excluding China and Japan, are represented thus : — Russia, 31 ships j Spain, 14 ; France, 10 ; Germany, '9; United States, 7; Italy 1, and Austria, 1.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1898, Page 3
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197H.M-8. Ships on the China Station. Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1898, Page 3
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