Photograph album relating to the destroyer HMS WILD SWAN on the China station, 1927-1928
Album of photographs covering Hamilton’s appointment in command of the destroyer HMS WILD SWAN (1919) on the China station, 1927-1928.
The locations include Aden, Chetlat Island, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Nicabar Islands, Singapore, Fatshan (Foshan), Canton (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, Wei-Hai-Wei, Amoy (Xiamen), Shanghai, Hankow (Hankou), Wuchang and Chungking (Chongqing). There is a distant view of the memorial to Captain Samuel C. Plant above the Hsin Tan rapids on the Yangtze River. An envelope containing a list of captions is fixed to the inside of the cover.
The locations include Aden, Chetlat Island, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Nicabar Islands, Singapore, Fatshan (Foshan), Canton (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, Wei-Hai-Wei, Amoy (Xiamen), Shanghai, Hankow (Hankou), Wuchang and Chungking (Chongqing). There is a distant view of the memorial to Captain Samuel C. Plant above the Hsin Tan rapids on the Yangtze River. An envelope containing a list of captions is fixed to the inside of the cover.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HTN/232; MS1957-60 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 album |
| Date made: | 1927-1928 |
| Creator: | Hamilton, Louis Henry Keppel |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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