The French cruiser 'Duguay-Trouin' at Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow

The French cruiser 'Duguay-Trouin' at Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os01-116. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os01) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/1).  The 'Duguay-Trouin' (1873-1899) was an ironclad cruiser in the French Navy.  The ship took part in the Battle of Foochow, the first engagement of the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885).  See Os01-114.

Caption in album or on mount

French Men of War at Pagoda Anchorage 1884.

Location

Fuzhou

Date

1884

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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