Memorial: M5007

Memorial on the Bund, Shanghai, China commemorating the loss of the German gun boat ‘Iltis’ in 1896

Location

Bund, Shanghai, China, Rest of the orld

Details

Description: Broken mast with a flag draped over its base.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: Iltis

Extra

Notes: 'Iltis' German Gun boat foundered in Typhoon 3/8/1896 on the Shantung coast. Miniature copies made by Chinese craftsmen.
Bibliography: A.G. Plate 'A Cruise through Eastern Seas being a travellers guide to the principal objects of interest in the Far East' (London,1906); 'Chowkidar' vol. iii, no. 3, p. 29.
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