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Monday, 10 October 2016

British steamship Kneilin salvaged Russian destroyer according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra post dated 6 June 1905

An reported that at Shanghai the British steamship Kneilin towed a Russian destroyer into the harbour which floated 6 days helpless around with 180 men on board nearly without victuals and water.(1)

Note
1. After Battle in the Tsushima Straits 27-28 May 1905. Russo-Japanese War 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.