An item reported that the British expeditionary force for Persia fitted
out in the British Indies was already underway. No lees as 43 transports with a
total measurement of 30.000 ton were fitted out to transport the army. Further
more were seven of the largest steam warships fitted out for this
expedition.(1)
Note
1. Fitted out in the
so-called Anglo-Persian war with to conquer the Citadel of Heart, Afghanistan
from the Persian Shah Naser al-Din Shah.
