An item dated London, England 15th reported that Chinese military fired at the British river gunboat Tern on the river Yangtze and her 40 times. Three sailors and an American journalist were wounded. The Tern escorted on that moment 4 cargo vessels out of an area where Chinese military were fighting with each other. The escorted vessels were safely brought by Itsjang without that the Tern returned the fire.(1)
Note
1. Building ordered on 14 January 1926, launched by Yarrow Shipbuilder Limited, Scotstoun, Scotland on 29 August 1927, commissioned in November 1927 and scuttled at Hong Kong to prevent that she was captured by the Japanese on 19 December 1941.
Note
1. Building ordered on 14 January 1926, launched by Yarrow Shipbuilder Limited, Scotstoun, Scotland on 29 August 1927, commissioned in November 1927 and scuttled at Hong Kong to prevent that she was captured by the Japanese on 19 December 1941.
