Espoir, 1879
Type: Screw Gunboat, 2nd Class, ; late Composite Gunboat ; Armament 4
Displacement: 455 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 360 hpi
Notes:
1879 Building by Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow in Furness
Apr 1886 China
27 Jul 1886 Re-commissioned at Hong Kong
1890 China. On passage home.