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12.3.1882

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25.7.1936

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29.11.1927

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28.11.1947

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4.10.1903

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6.1.1878

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27.6.1939

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25.11.1919

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Not known

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23.1.1949

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2.7.1962

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12.3.1869

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2.8.1907

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16.5.1907

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20.7.1910

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30.7.1903

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22.11.1895

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11.12.1936

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4.2.1950

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10.7.1966

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17.3.1908

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14.11.1878

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21.4.1927

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25.11.1965

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10.5.1930

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28.3.1884

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20.4.1925

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22.1.1891

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13.6.1888

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26.11.1945

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17.3.1908

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6.9.1917

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1.5.1937

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1.8.1939

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10.8.1881
7.5.1912
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF

CAPTAIN SAMUEL CORNEL PLANT, MASTER MARINER AND SENIOR INSPECTOR, UPPER YANGTZE RIVER,

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS

A.C. BROMFIELD WITH ROSEMARY LEE

How it started!

Grave Number 8496 28479

Section 12

Hong Kong Cemetery

In memory of Captain Samuel Cornell Plant Upper Yangtze River Inspector of the Chinese Maritime Customs

The first to command a merchant steamer plying the river (1900). Born Framlingham Suffolk 8th August 1866 Died at sea 26th February 1921

Also in memory of Alice Sophia Plant, Captain Plant's wife and devoted companion throughout his 20 years of toil on the dangerous section

of the Yangtze River between Ichang and Chunking. Born 29th November 1870. Died at Hong Kong 28th February 1921.

(Restored by members of the Merchant Navy Guild, Hong Kong 1957. Researched by

Rosemary J. Pyatt, 23rd December 1997)

Archibald Little and the Three Gorges

In 1859, a young Scot named Archibald Little, (he was a very large man), started working as a tea-taster for a German company in Kiukiang. He came of a prominent, expatriate, Shanghai family, one of his brothers being a doctor in Shanghai and another the editor of the North China Daily News. He soon became bored with tea-tasting and set up in business for himself, becoming interested in many aspects of trade, brokering and insurance. He was one of the first expatriates to
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beginning of 1900 she was under construction at the yard of Dennys of Dumbarton. She was a side-wheeler, 180 feet long, 60 feet beam across the paddle boxes, drawing 6 feet and having a deadweight of 150 tons with accommodation for many deck passengers.

Having made all the arrangements for "Pioneer" to be shipped to Shanghai in pieces, Little returned to London. Whilst having lunch at the Oriental Club with some of his backers and advisors, he was introduced to Captain Samuel Cornel Plant. Captain Plant had recently returned to England having served for several years in command of steamers on the Tigris and Euphrates, rivers well known for their navigational difficulties. When Little learned of the captain's previous experience, he did his best to persuade Plant to come to China and take command of "Pioneer." Plant promised to give the matter some thought. For whatever reason, he subsequently agreed to go along with Little.

"Pioneer" was shipped to Shanghai and reassembled. Plant and his wife, Alice Sophia, took ship to China, joined "Pioneer" and in early June 1900 the attempt on the Three Gorges began. With Plant in command, "Pioneer" made the trip from Ichang to Chunking in 73 steaming hours over seven days. She was held up for three days at Hsin T'an Rapids. On arrival at Chunking she was greeted by most of the expatriates living there and it is said that the banks of the river were black with hundreds of junkmen who had crowded to see this latest barbarian wonder.

The Aftermath

Bad luck again struck Little. There were rumblings of trouble along the river that were to culminate in the Boxer Uprising. The British Consulate in Chunking commandeered "Pioneer" and used her to evacuate expatriates from the trouble spots. (It is not known whether Little was compensated for the loss of "Pioneer" or not. She was eventually handed over to the Royal Navy, renamed H.M.S. "Kinshi" and finished life as H.Q. Ship, Senior British Naval Officer on the Yangtze River.)

Plant's Career

Plant, having left the employ of Little, bought himself a houseboat
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