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Honour - China 1841-42 |
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For about 200 years the East India Company had traded with China, much of being the drug opium. By 1837 opium use had such a debilitating effect on the people of China that the government decided to end the trading in opium. As a result Britain and other western countries declared war on China. A punitive expedition was sent and Chusan was captured. Several other cities stormed and Nanking threatened. As part of the peace treaty, Hong Kong was leased to Britain.
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| Algerine 41-42 | Alligator 41 | Apollo 42 | Belleisle 42 | Blenheim 41 |
| Blonde 41-42 | Calliope 41-42 | Childers 42 | Clio 42 | Conway 41 |
| Columbine 41-42 | Cornwallis 42 | Cruizer 41 | Dido 42 | Druid 41 |
| Endymion 42 | Harlequin 42 | Hazard 42 | Herald 41 | Hyacinth 41-42 |
| Juniper 41-42 | Larne 41 | Melville 41 | Modeste 41-42 | Nimrod 41 |
| North Star 42 | Plover 42 | Plyades 41 | Rattlesnake 41-42 | Samarang Sulphur 41 |
| Sapphire 42 | Starling 41-42 | Vixen 42 | Wanderer 42 | Wellesley 41 |
| Young Herbe 42 | ||||
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This page last edited -
22 January, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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