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unusual facts about China Station



Alexander Ludovic Duff

Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff GCB GBE KCVO (20 February 1862 – 22 November 1933) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Briton-class corvette

Between them, they were assigned to the China, East Indies, African, North American, and the Pacific Stations.

John Augustine Collins

Relations between the RAN and British Royal Navy were close at the time, with frequent exchanges of officers between the two and in June 1941, Collins was transferred to Singapore, as Assistant Chief of Staff to the British Naval Commander in Chief, China Station, Vice Admiral Geoffrey Layton.

Wilfrid Woods

In 1927, he joined the Submarine Service and served on HMS L19 on the China Station.


see also

Cruizer-class sloop

Renamed Cruiser in 1856, she served on the China station during the Second Opium War, including the taking of Canton and the attack on the Taku Forts on the Peiho river in 1859.

Jiaohe Ruins

The ruins of Jiaohe are mentioned in the mystery novel Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station, by Dorothy Gilman.