British naval force arrived at the Taku Bar, China according to the Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 3 dated 24 July 1920

HMS Hawkins

HMS Cairo

An item reported the arrival of the British commander in Chief China at the Taku Bar, China on 17 July with the British cruisers HMS Hawkins (1), Cairo (2), Carlisle (3) and minesweeping sloops Bluebell (4) and Marazion (5).

Notes

1. D 86. Of the Hawkins-class heavy cruisers, succeeded by County class. Building ordered in December 1915, laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 3 June 1916, launched on 1 October 1917, commissioned on 23 July 1919, decommissioned in May 1945 and sold to be broken up on 26 August 1947.

2. Part of the C-class light cruisers Carlisle sub-class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class. Laid down by Cammell Laird on 17 November 1917, launched on 19 November 1918, commissioned on 23 September 1919, converted into an aircraft cruiser in 1939 and sunk by the Italian Adua-clas submarine Axum off Bizerta, Tunisia on 12 August 1942.

3. Part of the C-class light cruisers Carlisle sub-class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 2 October 1917, launched on 9 July 1918, commissioned on 11 November 1918, converted into an anti-aircraft ship in 1940, damaged in German air attack beyond repairs on 9 October 1943, base ship at Alexandria, Egypt since March 1944, hulk there in 1948 and broken up.

4. Part of Acacia-class minesweeping sloops, launched by Scotts Shipbuilding&Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 24 July 1915 and sold on 26 May 1930.

4. Hunt-class minesweeper/minesweeping sloop Aberdare sub-class, launched by Fleming&Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland on 15 April 1919, served as submarine tender and sold at Hong Kong in March 1933.

Source

The National Archives CAB-24-109-98. Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 3 dated 24 July 1920.