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596:(today's Dadan Island, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan)) for repairs. She was in action against junks near Namguan on 11 May 1853. On 5 April 1855 she was under Commander William Abdy Gellows, RN for service in China and the East Indies. On 4 August 1855,
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yard to have her machinery installed. She was equipped with two fire tube rectangular boilers. Her engine was a
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astern at 2.8 knots (5.2 km/h). The results were only to demonstrate to skeptics the soundness of the
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789:The Times
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