An item dated London England the 8th referred to letters and tidings receiving dealing with the vents in China. On 15th May was ordered that the British expedition would go upwards the Canton river. On the 20th was she attacked by Chinese forces wit guns and fireships. The fortress Shaming was forced to surrender after a bombardment by 3 British ships. The steamship HMS Nemesis (1) destroyed with her 32-pdrs 40 forty junks. She was decorated with the flags of those junks and her crew was wearing the clothes of the Chinese crewmembers of the junks.
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1. Paddle steam frigate of the British East India Company launhced in 1839 at the shipyard of Birkenhead Iron Works/John Laird, Liverpool, England, commissioned in March 1840, serving until the late 50’s with a builders measurement of 660 tons burthen and as dimensions 56 x 8,8 x 1,8 metres or 184’ x 29’ x 6’. Fitted out with two Forrester steam engines supplying a total horsepower of 120 hp.
