HMS Terrible in Hong Kong, 1904

Posted: September 7th, 2024 | No Comments »

HMS Terrible was a Royal Navy Cruiser commissioned in the 1890s. She served on the China Station in 1900 supporting the suppression of the Boxer Uprising in northern China. Upon Terrible‘s return home in 1902, she was refitted for two years and was then placed in reserve, sporadically being activated to ferry replacements to Hong Kong and China. She later served as a troop transport in World War One, then a training ship, and then sold for scrap in 1932.

At some point in 1904 into 1905 Terrible visited Hong Kong (and Weihaiwei). A member of the crew took the photographs below…

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