Titania photo 11.jpg

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 23:24

From the Ward Room Mess album of H.M.S. Titania

Date picture taken
1929

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Additional notes from Jill:

We don't have specific information about the occasion that this photo commemorates and precisely where it was taken. It seems to show the visit of a very senior Chinese admiral to HMS Titania. The stripes on his sleeve don't correspond to the ranks of the Royal Navy. As I mentioned for the photo taken by WR Fell of the Chinese navy, the two navies were collaborating in the 1920s in keeping down the pirates up and down the China coast and around Hong Kong where there are so many coves and inlets to hide in. This photo comes from the HMS Titania Ward Room Mess Album preserved by WR Fell. Perhaps somebody will know the name of the Chinese admiral and perhaps the occasion in 1928 or 1929 that this photo commemorates.