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Sunday 8 October 2017

Chinese military fired at British river gunboat HMS Moorhen according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 13 May 1929

An item dated Hong Kong 13th reported that Chinese military on the river banks continuously fired at the British river gunboat Moorhen on the Hsi Kiang river underway towards Wuchow, China.(1)

Note
1.Teal-clas consisting of the Teal and Moorhen. Launched by Yarrow, England on 13 August 1901 and sold at Hong Kong in August 1933.