CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6] — Page 170

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"port" "London" on the car-

" and the port

"board side, are composed of brass "letters

ht inches high, sit inches

eight

"wide and one and a baff niches

thick and are raised half

an inch

" there, letters being painted yellow and "being

the black hull are very dis- tinct. The stern was also well above

on

"water as

New

ship

ww

drawing aft

" 18 feet, her loaded draft being 21 feet "aft."

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hiv

whe

Stad not hoisted her play.

certainly not flying

time, as it is not usual for

at the

ner.

"chaut vessels to

fly

the

onsign

al

" sea, and there was no reason to do

20.

e

may say

however, that it had

" been hoisted when passing chapel

"Gland at

9.52

As

annd

that morning, was handed down again. Its we had " seen the Frenchs vesels ensign for more

hour previous to this, it is

than an

"sident that our

ensign could at that

time

time have been seen

by

"the "Forfait."

those or board

The constantly altered het

" route and speed." The following

" the courses shared as

erealy

be

are

seen in

Log book . At 8.00 A. M. the course was "made S. 45° W., at 1.00 p.m. it was "altered to §. 40°W. and this was steered

Fill 3.12 p.m. when the course 5.45°

" W. was resumed

In 7 hours

agasin.

" the course was altered once and then

only. 'namely

The

speed was the same,

ordinary full speed',

"until the second

gan

was fired,

" when I telegraphed "stand by, at

کر کو

" 1.15 half speed, at 1.20 full speed . "

· Watched the officers of

"the "Forfait with inexplicable per- "stence." this was.

owing

to the evident.

by chrong efforts being made by the " Forfait " to overtake the Jaiquan and by "was virtually

a natural interest on what

a pace, or what the

"Forfait "

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