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| Keywords: Naval ship XX.jpg Naval ship post card about year 1909 Unknown name - unknown nationality on mooring buoy China port apparently some small cruiser Beginner's Guide to Warship Recognition Yes this looks like a small cruiser or large gunboat/sloop/aviso built between 1890 and 1910 The guns are not protected by shields and that rules out larger cruisers and armoured cruisers and it rules out most newer ships The disposition of the guns is very typical of small cruisers of the time but the long barrels of the guns point to countries like USA and France Notice the two funnels very far apart This is typical of ships built in Italy and France Notice also the small hat on the funnels This is a typical French feature so here's looking at you France Take your copy of Jane's Fighting Ships 1906-07 please and among the French warships on page 175 you will find a photo of the D'Estrées Voila Just one problem that photo shows three masts So take your copy of Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 find the D'Estrées on page 313 and read that one mast was indeed removed later Conclusion This is the D'Estrées launched 1897 or her sister the Infernet launched in 1899 Naval ship China port Postcard about ca 1909 Author PD-old D'Estrées class cruisers | ||||
