An item reported that the British steamship Ardova with on board a Russian prize crew and flying the Russian war flag arrived at Suez stating that she was underway towards Russia. The British cruiser HMS Venus anchored near by the seized steamboat.(1)
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1. A protected cruiser laid down on 28 June 1894 at the yard of Fairfiled Shipbuilding&Engineering, Govan, launched on 5 September 1895, completed on 9 November two years later and sold on 22 September 1921 to be broken up. Her main armament consisted of 5-15,2cm/6” guns.
