French river gunboat Doudart de la Lagrée wrecked according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the week ending 27 August 1921

An item reported that the French gunboat Doudart de la Gree was wrecked on the rocks in the Yangtse river underway from Ichang to Patung. There she was to investigate a case of bandits firing on a French-flagged steamship.(1)

Note

1. Laid down at Nantes, France in March 1908, launched on 4 February 1909, completed on 16 August 1909, disassembled and transported to Shanghai, China where she was assembled and stricken on 25 July 1941. S.S. Roberts. French warships in the Age of Steam 1859-1914.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-127-74