THE YANGTZE RIVER PATROL - British Royal Navy

THE YANGTZE RIVER PATROL - Great Britain

by Randy Pence

Postcard from Britomart (Click on image to see larger version.)

The Britomart was launched in 1899. She was assigned to the China Squadron and recommissioned in Hong Kong on March 15, 1906.
Mailed from Shanghai (franked with a Hong Kong stamp) in January, 1911. The writer mentions that the ship spends most of its time in the river (Yangtze) and rarely comes ashore.

Image of Britomart (Click on image to see larger version.)

Image of HMS Carlisle (Click on image to see larger version.)

The Carlisle was a C class light cruiser constructed by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, and launched on July 9, 1918. She was commissioned on the day of the signing of the Armistice, namely November 11, 1918.
With a complement of 330 to 350, she saw service in World War II and was broken up in Australia in 1949. Her china service spanned two years from 1919 through 1921.

Cover from HMS Teal (Click on image to see larger version.)

The Teal was launched in 1901, spending her entire career on the Yangtze with her complement of only 31 men. She was sold in Shanghai in 1931.
This cover was mailed from Tatung (Shanghai) on March 4, 1907. It was routed through both the Chinese and the French (Indochina) postal systems before reachingStuttgart, Germany on April 17, 1907.

Image of HMS Teal (Click on image to see larger version.)

Cover from HMS Teal (Click on image to see larger version.)

Mailed from a sailor on board the Teal to his girlfriend in the international settlement in Shanghai. Mailed from Hankow on June 1, 1905, and serviced by the Sjanghai Local Post on June 4, 1905.

HMS Teal (in foreground of photo) (Click on image to see larger version.)

For presentations on other nations' "Yangtsze River" Patrol flotillas, please go to the descriptive page listing all other nations

For more information on all the navies involved, and several thousands photographic images as well as postcards, contact Randy Pence of Albuequeque, New Mexico.
The small bites presentations contained herein was developed by former MPHS editor Sergio Lugo, following a request to Pastor Pence in September 2017. It features: postmarks, ship illustrations, postcards and covers of a select few of the ships of these foreign navy flotillas.

Created by Serio Lugo from material supplied by Randy Pence

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