Picture No | 10216843 |
Date | 1906 |
Description | HMS 'Phoenix' after the Hong-Kong Typhoon, September 1906 |
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HMS 'Phoenix', the twin-screw steel and wood sloop of 1895, heeled over beside the coaling station, Hong Kong. A typhoon struck on 18th September that year, causing enormous damage to Hong Kong and the 'Phoenix' to heel over.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1906, page 593 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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