H.M.S. Argonaut and other ships, on the Yangtze River near Butterfield and Swire’s Bund, Nanjing (南京市)

H.M.S. Argonaut and other ships, on the Yangtze River near Butterfield and Swire’s Bund, Nanjing (南京市)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: He01-060. Photo from an album (UoB reference He01) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archive, London (SOAS reference PP MS 82/13). HMS Argonaut (1898-1920) was a Diadem class armoured cruiser, which served on the China Station from 1900 to 1904 under the command of the strict disciplinarian Captain G.H. Cherry. See He01-064. See also JC-s003 (HMS Andromeda).

Caption in album or on mount

H.M.S. Argonaut, Nanking

Location

Nanjing

Estimated Date

1900-1904

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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