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It is requested that in any further communication on this subject the eve letters and numbers may be Sted, and the Letter addressed as follows-
"The Secretary of the Admiralty,
3
"Whitehall,
Branch."
"London."
G&R 14235-9090
12634
RECO
Admiraltyes, JUN 19 24th
th June 1889.
11
A
Sir
With reference to
Soy
29th
your
letter of the
W242
midge" type
Sof
th ultimo, asking whether a ship of the
can be obtained from the
Admiralty for Service
as a Hospital Ship
at Hong Kong, for the use of the Colonial
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to
inform you
that there are no vessels
of the "midge" blass on the bhina Station
gun
vessel
2. The "Merlin", a composite on that station, is however to be relieved
Year,
and
during the present Financial her dimensions compare with those of the "midge"
as
follows viz:-
Leagth Breadth Load Draft Load Displacement
Forward aft
"Midge" 155′ 25′ |82|5-10
603 tons
he
*
Merlin" 125′ 221⁄2′ | 8.5 10.5
430 tons
Ander- Secretary
of State
3. J
Colonial Office
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