Edward Hobart Seymour - Seymour's Command

Seymour's Command

As of March 1901, Seymour's command on the China Station in March 1901 consisted of:

  • Battleships: Centurion, Barfleur (Rear-Admiral Sir James A. T. Bruce, K.C.M.G. second in command), Glory, Goliath, Ocean.
  • 1st Class cruisers: Argonaut, Aurora, Blenheim, Endymion, Orlando, Terrible, Undaunted **.
  • 2nd Class cruisers: Arethusa ‡, Astraea ‡, Bonaventure, Dido ‡, Hermione, lsis ‡, Pique.
  • 3rd Class cruisers: Alacrity, Wallaroo ‡.
  • Destroyers: Fame, Hart, Otter, Whiting.
  • Sloops: Algerine, Daphne, Phoenix, Rosario.
  • Gunvessel: Linnet.
  • Gunboats: Bramble, Brisk, Britomart, Esk, Lizard ‡, Pigmy, Plover, Redpole.
  • Storeship: Humber.
  • Receiving ship Hong Kong: Tamar (flagship of the Commodore in charge at Hong Kong, Commodore Francis Powell, C.B)
  • River steamers: Robin, Sandpiper, Snipe, Woodcock, Woodlark.

** Ordered home.

‡ Temporarily attached to China Station.

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