Hms Taku

• The first Taku was a captured destroyer. Originally built by Schichau at Elbing for the Chinese Navy in 1898, she displaced 305 tons, had a speed of 32 knots, and was armed with six 3-pounder guns and two 14-inch torpedo tubes and had 58 crew. She was one of four captured from the Chinese during one of the Opium Wars in 1900. The four ships were shared between the navies of the UK, France, Imperial Germany and Imperial Russia and Until the Russian one was renamed Lieutenant Burakov each was named Taku (see French Taku, German Taku, Russian Taku). The British Taku was sold in Hong Kong in 1916.
• The second Taku (N38) was a T-class submarine, launched in 1939 that served in Second World War and was sold in 1946.

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
bag man a scattering of salts turriff etana adrenalin od william eppelsheimer toyota w transmission mora v mcnamara sandur, india france in the eurovision song contest you asked for it	bernhard schlkopf list of short stories by isaac asimov de lijn mathematisches forschungsinstitut oberwolfach new jersey hardcore andrew scheer paul gulacy north shore (long island) specific humidity lishanid noshan anton martin slomsek	fournier register the tenth planet cross maidan rosie aerial ballet larry wilcox bundt cake royal liverpool university hospital laffy taffy wilhelm sss gilbert hill	victoria monument juan ramn vern ruhr pocket old novgorod dialect oak wilt dirt track racing in south africa carmentalia calderstones park list of p. g. wodehouse characters adrara san martino mark anthony alexander guglielmo