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[edit] Which is the true General Sherman ?

Hi! I have a question. These External links show incompatible information as follows,

1. http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm

the General Sherman (formerly the US navy gunship Princess Royal)

That is http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pr-royal.htm.

...The Princess Royal was a Confederate navy blockade runner built in 1861. It was originally built for service in the Irish sea. It was 619 tons, 197 feet x 27 ft x 11 ft. It had one propeller, 2 boilers,

she became the merchant steamer General Sherman and was active until 10 January 1874, when she sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina.

2. USS General Sherman (1864-1865, "Tinclad" # 60)

That is http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/gn-shrmn.htm

USS General Sherman, a 187-tonside-wheel "tinclad" river gunboat , was built in 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee,

Which is the true General Sherman ?--Lulusuke 13:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)--202.222.130.253 18:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

The second vessel is too small to be the ship involved here.Drutt 00:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

The second vessel might be the correct one, because the first page contradicts itself. It seems strange that a 619 ton cruiser which originally carried a crew of 90 would be in Korea with only 19 crew (plus one missionary). Therefore it appears that the kimsoft site, finding information about a "General Sherman" mistakenly presumed it was the same ship.

1. http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm

An American merchant W. B. Preston arranged with the Meadows & Co., a British firm in Tientsin, to send the General Sherman (formerly the US navy gunship Princess Royal) to Korea. The crew members were: Captain Page, Chief Mate Wilson and the owner Preston (all Americans); George Hogarth (a British); thirteen Chinese and three Malays.

The Princess Royal was a Confederate navy blockade runner built in 1861. It was originally built for service in the Irish sea. It was 619 tons, 197 feet x 27 ft x 11 ft. It had one propeller, 2 boilers, one horizontal geared engine and could make 11 knots. It carried a crew of 90 and two 12-pound cannons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.80.133.122 (talk) 17:34, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Errors in article

I just write this to show some errors in 'General Sherman Incident.' General Sherman was 80-ton armed merchant Schooner which was American style. And the day the writer is confusing is August 17 not 16 or 18.

The most important thing is that the captain didn't explain their every purpose to Korean officiers. Also the ship loaded unnecessary items for Korean and she was too much armed since there were 19 soldiers as a merchant ship. Moreover, the ship was owned by an American plunderer, Breston(?) who had pretended that he just traded with South-East Asian countries. Furthermore, in Korea, before the ship was burnt down, they kept attacking riverside town at night when Korean officiers denied to trade with them.

Their original purpose was not a trade.

true General Sherman is what 'General Sherman Incident' is explaining since that is in a textbook.

(preceeding text by 10:21, 7 April 2008 67.49.134.211)