HMS Elk, Dockyard Creek, Malta

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PK01-01.   HMS Elk (1868-1905), a Royal Navy composite screw loop, was launched in 1868.  The ship was on the China Station, c.1870-1875.  HMS Elk is known to have been at Hong Kong in November 1874, departing on 2 January 1875; and in Malta in April/May 1875.  She was used as a tug from 1890 and sold in 1905 for use as a dredger.  See http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/E/01586.html.  See PK01-02.