An item dated Batavia, Dutch
East Indies 24th reported the arrival of the British
warship Egeria captain Aldrich coming from Singapore.(1)
Note
1. Composite screw steam sloop launched at the Pembroke Dock on 1
November 1873, survey ship since October 1886, sold to the Vancouver Navy
League in November 1911 and sold to be broken up in 1914. After she was beached
at Burret Inlet she was deliberately set afire using oil. Original with an
armament of 2-7”
guns and 2-64pd guns.