Japanese Mail Boats Converted into Cruisers.
Kanrimura's Squadron.
Received Dec. 24, 7.32 a.m,
London, Dec. 23
The Japanese mail boats "Nippon Maru" and "Hongkong Maru," each 6169 tons register and steaming seventeen knots an hour, have been converted into cruisers, and are now off Singapore.
It is stated that Admiral Kamimura's squadron consists of two battleships, two armoured cruisers, two smaller cruisers, and twelve destroyers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6456, 24 December 1904, Page 2
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65Japanese Mail Boats Converted into Cruisers. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6456, 24 December 1904, Page 2
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