Patience, Kevin (1995), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience. Media related to HHS Glasgow (ship, 1878) at Wikimedia Commons...
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action took place, with the British sinking the Zanzibari royal yacht HHS Glasgow and two smaller vessels. Some shots were also fired ineffectually at...
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Falkland Islands 1982 HHS Glasgow was the royal yacht of the Sultan of Zanzibar, built in 1873 in the style of the 1861 HMS Glasgow and sunk in 1896 "Production...
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eight Royal Navy warships HHS Glasgow, a royal yacht of Zanzibar SS City of Glasgow, a passenger steamship launched in 1850 Glasgow (surname), including a...
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used by Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar as the model for his royal yacht HHS Glasgow, Bargash having been impressed by the ship when she visited Zanzibar...
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Drummond Castle was a steamship built in 1881 by John Elder & Co. of Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, for D. Currie & Co. and later operated by the Castle Mail Packet...
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in 2009). Zanzibar had only one naval ship in 1896, the royal yacht HHS Glasgow. It was sunk by the British during the shortest war in history, the Anglo-Zanzibar...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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40-minute-long Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896. The obsolete armed yacht HHS Glasgow of Zanzibar fired upon a British flotilla led by St George, also comprising...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Line, built in Glasgow Scotland by D. & W. Henderson Ltd. and launched in December 1881. After fitting out, her maiden voyage from Glasgow to New York followed...
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it the shortest military conflict in history. Zanzibar royal yacht, HHS Glasgow is sunk by five British warships. 1898 25 April Action of 25 April 1898...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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bombarded the palace fortress and the only ship of the Zanzibar Navy, HHS Glasgow. This action lasted less than an hour and resulted in the routing of...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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the small coaster Oakland was built by Murray Bros. of Dumbarton, near Glasgow, Scotland, and completed in February 1890. Under the command of Capt. Rice...
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Shipwrecks 6 Mar: Volo 22 May: Belgravia 5 Jun: Drummond Castle 27 Aug: HHS Glasgow 24 Sep: Hugo 14 Oct: W. W. Story 18 Oct: Australasia 30 Oct: Samuel P...
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