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Wednesday 15 April 2015

British screw steam gunboat HMS Peacock arrived in the Dutch East Indies coming from the Cocos Islands according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 25 June 1894


An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 24th reported the arrival of the British war steamship Peacock captain Luxton coming from the Cocos Islands.(1)

Note
1. Composite built screw steam gunboat laid down at the Pembroke Dock on 22 June 1888, sold to Ellis, Chepstow on 15 May 1906, armed with 6-4” guns.