Far East Squadron
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The French Far East Squadron was an exceptional naval grouping created for the duration of the Sino-French War.
Admiral Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès (1828–97)
Admiral Adrien-Barthélémy-Louis Rieunier (1833–1918)
La Galissonnière in action at Keelung, 5 August 1884.
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Sébastien Lespès
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Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès was a French admiral who played an important role in naval operations during the Sino-French War, as second-in-command of Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron.
Far East Squadron
…Lynx, Vipère and Aspic, the troopships Drac and Saône and Torpedo Boats Nos. 45 and 46. The Far East naval division, under the command of Admiral Sébastien Lespès since March 1884, consisted of the ironclads La Galissonnière (the flagship) and Triomphante, the cruisers d'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, Villars, and Volta…
The French ironclad La Galissonnière (4,585 tons), flagship of the Far East naval division