Algerine Island

Algerine Island (52˚10'00" 127˚56'00" In Gunboat Passage between Cunningham I and Denny I E of Bella Bella), Algerine Passage (49˚49'00" 124˚38'00" Between Harwood I and Texada I, Str of Georgia). HMS Algerine (later HMCS Algerine), a sloop-of-war launched in England in 1895, saw action in China before being based in Esquimalt, 1908–18. The 57-m vessel, sixth to bear its name in the RN, was steel-hulled, with a clipper bow, barque-rigged for sail but also with twin steam engines that gave...

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