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Imperieuse, 1883
Type: Cruiser 1st Class Armoured ; late Tentative Types Of Ironclads ;
Launched : 1883 ;
BM: tons ; Displacement: 8400 tons
Propulsion: Twin Screw Complement: 527
Machinery notes: 10000 ; Speed ; 19 knots ;
Notes:
1 Mar 1888 Commissioned at Portsmouth
14 Jan 1889, on the China station, at Port Hamilton, prize-firing was suspended as the locks on the breech-blocks fitted so badly that they were constantly being blown out. No one was seriously hurt, but there were several narrow escapes.
1890 CinC China
1890 Flag Ship China. Staff borne include: for Sick Quarters, Yokohama