An item reported the passing on the 22nd of Nieuw Anjer, Dutch East Indies [nowadays Anyer] by the French steam warship Champlain underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards France.(1)
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1. Unprotected cruiser, laid down at Brest, France in 1867, launched in 1872, completed in 1874, stricken in 1893, with a crew numbering 203 men and an armament of 8/10-5.5 guns and 2-14” torpedo tubes.
Note
1. Unprotected cruiser, laid down at Brest, France in 1867, launched in 1872, completed in 1874, stricken in 1893, with a crew numbering 203 men and an armament of 8/10-5.5 guns and 2-14” torpedo tubes.