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Chinese gunboat Tsao-kiang

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gives 1876 as a launching date, however this contradicts the ship's service as described by R.N. Wright's book, which is more specialised source.
541: 511: 484: 459: 434: 366:, but was refloated on 9 July. On 26 October, the vessel was transferred from the Imperial Japanese Navy to the control of the 250: 506: 317: 272: 536: 303: 311: 367: 531: 375: 327: 480: 455: 430: 363: 347: 276: 67: 323: 20: 99: 355: 288: 500: 296: 284: 233: 331: 292: 335: 267:) was a 640-ton wooden (according to other sources: 600-ton composite-hulled) 374:. In 1924, it was sold off by the Japanese government to a private buyer in 280: 168: 354:
was de-rated to a second-class gunboat, and was used for surveys of the
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and continued to be used as a civilian transport under the name
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during the remainder of that conflict. The ship was renamed
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Jentsura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1976).
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pronunciation of her original name. On 21 March 1898,
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Index


Jiangnan Shipyard
Empire of Japan
Gunboat
long tons
Armstrongs
Chinese
pinyin
gunboat
launched
Jiangnan Shipyard
Shanghai
Nanyang Fleet
Zhili Province
Li Hongzhang
Beiyang Fleet
First Sino-Japanese War
Imperial Japanese Navy
cruiser
Akitsushima
Battle of Pungdo
Commissioned
prize of war
patrol boat
Korea
Japanese
Kurile Islands
Muroran harbor
Japanese Home Ministry
Kobe

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