BRITISH NAVAL FORCE IN SOUTHERN WATERS.
In view of the feeling of insecurity caused In the colonies by the recent increase of Russian war vessels in the Chinese Seas, it maybe somewhat comforting to our readers to know the strength of the British fleet distributed for the protection of our possessions in southern waters. We therefore subjoin a list of the various war vessels, showing their stations,, class, and armament Alacrity, schooner, 1 gun—Australia. ' Albatross, composite screw sloop, 4 guns —China. Alert, screw sloop, 4 guns—Pacific. Beacon, double screw composite gun vessel, 4 guns—East Indies, Beagle, screw, 2 guns—Australia. Boadicea, iron screw corvette, 16 guns— Cape, West Coast Africa. Charybdis, screw, 17 guns—China. Comus, screw corvette, 14 guns—China. Cormorant, composite sloop, 6 guns—Australia. Danae, screw corvette, 12 guns—Australia. Decoy, screw composite gunboat, 4 guns —Cape. Dido, screw corvette, 12 guns—Cape; Dragon, sorew composite sloop, 6 gunsEast Indies. Dryad, screw sloop, 9 guns—East Indies. Dwarf, double-screw composite gunboat, 4 guns—Cape. Eclipse, screw corvette, 12 guns—East Indies. Egeria, steamship, 4 guns—China. Emerald, composite screw corvette, 12 guns—Australia, Encounter, screw corvette, 14 guns— China. Euryalus,. iron screw corvette, 16 guns— East Indies. ' ' . Firebrand, composite gunboat, 4 guns— Cape. Flora, 12 guns—Cape. Fly, gtefvmship, 4 guns—China. Foxhound, screw composite gunboat, 4 guns-—China. Garnet, composite screw sloop, 6 gunsPacific. _ ■ Growler, double screw, 4 guns—China. . Hart, double screw, 4"guns—China. Horpet, double screw, 4 Iron Duke, iron steamship, 14 guns— China. Kestrel, composite screw gunboat, 4 guns —China. Lapwing, double screw gunboat, 3 guns:— China. . .Lily, double screw gunboat, 3 guns— China, Magpie, double screw gunboat, 3 guns— China. Madge, double screw, 4 guns—China. Modeste, screw, 14 guns—China. Moorhen, screw composite gunboat, 4 guns-—China. Mosquito, screw! composite gunboat, 4 guns—China." Osprey, screw composite sloop,-6 guns— Pacific. Pegasus, screw composite sloop, 6 guns—: China. Pelican; screw composite sloop, 6 gunsChina. Penguin, screw eomposite sloop, 6. guns— Pacific, Philomel, double screw gunboat, 3 guns— East Indies. Ready, double screw composite gunboat, 4 guns—East Indies. Rocket, double screw, 4 guns—Pacific. Ruby, ' screw composite corvette, 12 guns—East Indies. Seagull, double screw gunboat, 3 guns— East Indies. Shannon, screw ship, armor-platgd, 9 guns —Pacific. Sheldrake, . screw gunboat, 4 guns— China. Swinger, 4 guns—China. Sylvia, screw, 3 guns—China. Thetis, screw corvette, 12 guns—Pacific. Triumph, iron screw ship, 14 guns— Pacific. Turquoise, composite screw corvette, 12 guns—Pacific. Vestal, steamship, 9 guns—East Indies. Vulture, double screw guiibaat, 3 guns— East Indies, : Wild Swan, screw composite sloop, 6 guns —East Indies. Wolverine, screw corvette, 17 guns—Australia. . . Total—s7 vessels. Total armament—373 guns, mostly of heavy calibre.China, 24 vessels.: - East Indies, 12 vessels. Australia, 6 vessels, and Cgrberus, ironclad, Cape, 6 vessels, Pacific, 9 vessels,
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1253, 23 April 1880, Page 2
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