British Cape, East Indies, & China Commands, November 1917

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British Cape, East Indies, & China Commands November 1917 Cape Command: Cape Town Group: HMS Hyacinth (at Simonstown) HMS Kent (at Sierra Leone) HMS Himalaya (on passage from Capetown to St. Helena) Convoy Group IJS Niitaka (convoy escort between Mauritius and the Cape) IJS Tsushima (convoy escort between Mauritius and the Cape) East Africa Group HMS Challenger (at sea Dar es Salaam to Kilwa Kisiwani) HMS Lunka (on passage from Majimbwa to Dar es Salaam) HMS Minerva (Kilwa Kisiwani) HMS Talbot (enroute from Zanzibar to Seychelles) HMS Rinaldo (at Durban, refitting) HMS Thistle (Zanzibar) HMS Trent (unknown) HMS Mersey (Lindi) HMS Severn (Kilwa Kisiwani) East Indies Command HMS Espiègle (on patrol of Kamaran) HMS Clio (Perim) HMS Odin (Suez, in dock) HMS Suva (enroute from Suez to el Wej) HMS Pyramus (enroute from jeddah to el Wej) HMS Fox (Aden) HMS Topaze (Aden) HMS Hardinge (Suez) HMS Euryalus (enroute from Singapore to Hong Kong) HMS Northbrook (Rangoon) HMS Doris (Aden) HMS Minto (unknown) HMS Bramble (Bombay) HMS Juno (Trincomali) HMS Diana (enroute to Singapore) HMS Venus (Colombo) HMS Saphire (Muscat) In Persian Gulf HMS Dufferin HMS Azerbaijan HMS Lawrence French Forces d'Estrees d'Entercasteux du Chayla China Command: HMS Suffolk (in Hong Kong) HMS City of London (Java Sea) HMS Fame (Java Sea) HMS Cadmus (in Hong Kong) HMS Whiting (in Hong Kong) 1 HMS Virago (in Hong Kong) HMS Rosario (in Hong Kong) Japanese Forces IJS Yakumo (in Singapore) IJS Kasuga(in Singapore) IJS Yodo (in Singapore) IJS Yahagi (in Fremantle) IJS Shigure (Malacca Straits) IJS Harukaze(Malacca Straits) IJS Hatsuhara (Malacca Straits) IJS Hatsuynki (Malacca Straits) Copyright GFN 1996 2 .

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