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NH 88730 Rapido

Photo #: NH 88730  Rapido
Title: Rapido
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Description: (Spanish Auxiliary Cruiser, 1889-1907) At Port Said, Egypt, 26 June - 11 July 1898, while serving with Rear Admiral Manuel de la Camara's squadron, which had been sent to relieve the Philippines. This ship was the former Hamburg-Amerika Line Columbia, purchased by Spain for war service in 1898. After the Spanish-American War, she returned to Hamburg-America Line service, but became the Russian auxiliary cruiser Terek during the Russo-Japanese War. Copied from Office of Naval Intelligence Album of Foreign Warships. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 88730
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