HMS Thistle housed in during winter, Tientsin

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PK01-36.   HMS Thistle (1868- 1888), Royal Navy. A composite screw gunvessel.  See http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/T/04662.html.  Recent note in the album (PK01), in pencil: "THISTLE AT TIENTSIN 26 NOV 1872 / TO NAGASAKI FEB 1873. / STILL IN CHINESE WATERS AUGUST 1873 - JULY 1874".  More images of HMS Thistle and crew: PK01-07, PK01-33, PK01-37.  For more ships overwintering in north China, see Hu01-145 and PK01-38.