An item dated London 26 January reported that the British gunboat Lapwing seized at Baluchistan a steamship of Muscat which tried to unload guns and ammunition.(1) The British consul representative confiscated the cargo.
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1. A composite built gunboat of the Redbreast-class of 805 tons and as dimensions 165 x 31 x 11 feet which was armed with 6-4” guns and 2-3pd guns. Launched at the Devonport dockyard on 12 April 1889 and sold on 10 November 1910 at Bombay.
