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Tuesday, 23 July 2019

British gunboat HMS Plover departed Dutch East Indies towards the Christmas and Cocos Islands according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 21 June 1892

An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 20th reported the departure of the British steamship HMS Plover captain Bell towards the Christmas and Cocos Islands.(1)

Note
1. Composite screw gunboat launched at the Pembroke Dock, England on 18 October 1888 and sold in 1927. The armament consisted of 6-4” guns and a displacement tonnage of 755 tons.