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HAI CHI, China (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • frapit said:
    www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753799-1,00.html The cruiser Hai Chi ("Flag of the Sea") earned in 1911 the distinction of being the first Chinese war boat ever to visit the West when she steamed as near as possible to the Coronation of King George V, discharged a cargo of Chinese emissaries in gorgeous silken robes. Built in 1897 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E0D91531E233A... New York Times, September 13, 1911, Wednesday The Chinese cruiser Hai-Chi, which arrived here Monday, was visited by hundreds yesterday. The Chinese residents of New York flocked to Seventy-ninth Street and the North River, and chartered every boat in sight to get on board the only vessel flying the flag of their country that has ever been in American waters.
  • Rob Ketcherside said:
    Photo appears to be dated 9/11/11 on the bottom of left side, and 3/1/12 on the left side of bottom. First date match's @frapit's arrival date in New York. A trained eye might recognize the hill line, maybe along the East River on the way to Brooklyn Navy Yard? LOC has a number of photos of the Utah and keel of the New York from the same day and next day.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks to both frapit and roketpad! We'll update the date and title in the source information and reload the description.
  • Adamant Walk said:
    Was this ship a unit of the re-built Beiyang fleet?
  • Adamant Walk said:
    Isn't the modern Chinese Navy (PLA Navy), the descendant of the Beiyang fleet?

Guns and Poses

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 21 older comments, and then…
  • Mukesh Patel said:
    Beautiful
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Based on the almost legible sign in this picture, the fancy one on the left was Indian, and I think presented either to or by Field Marshal Lord Gough.

    Also, I can only see 3 pieces of artillery...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Apparently, there were 4 guns presented to Lord Gough by the East Indian Company, and his son lent/gave 2 of them (howitzers) to the Museum. They're now at McKee Barracks, outside the officers' mess.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Leaving aside the cannons, his was taken in the Rotunda of what's now the NMI - Archaeology, on Kildare Stret. The zodiac mosaic is still there, even if the statues and artillery have been replaced by the Museum Shop.

    It's from after around 1890 or later as the museum opened it's doors on 29th August of that year.
  • O Mac said:
    Here's -- what looks like-- the one on the right