Flying Squadron (1869)

The Flying Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron made up, at various times, of ten wooden ships with auxiliary steam power. The squadron sailed from Plymouth on 19 June 1869. They called at Madeira, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and Hawaii, before returning to England on 15 November 1870.^[1]

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  Plymouth Sound
  (June, 1869)
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  Hobart, Tasmania
  (January, 1870)
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  Auckland, New Zealand
  (February, 1870)
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  Esquimalt Bay, Canada,
  (May, 1870)
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  Honolulu, Hawaii
  (June, 1870)
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  Rounding Cape Horn
  (September 13, 1870)
  

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