Impérieuse Rock

Impérieuse Rock (49˚16'00" 124˚07'00" N of Entrance Rks, Nanoose Hbr, SE side of Vancouver I). HMS Impérieuse, a 7,620-tonne armoured cruiser with 14 guns, was based at Esquimalt, 1896–99, under Capt Charles Adair. It was the flagship of the Pacific Station’s cdr-in-chief, Rear Adm Henry Palliser. Before BC it had been the flagship on the China Station, 1889–94. Launched in 1883 at Portsmouth dockyard, the Impérieuse was something of an anachronism. It was one of the last vessels...

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