Monsoon Voyages

Tag: China

  • HMS Jasper and the Taiping Rebellion

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    Zoe Cheang
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    This week we will be spotlighting HMS Jasper in the Taiping Rebellion. Initially built for the British Royal Navy in 1857, HMS Jasper was a small but powerful wooden gunboat designed to navigate both shallow coastal waters and winding rivers. With both sails and a steam engine powering a single screw propeller, she could reach…