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| Chinese protected cruiser Hairong, China, circa early 1900s; note all-black paint | Chinese protected cruiser Hairong and Japanese battleship Mikasa in Vladivostok, Russia, late 1917 or early 1918 | Protected cruiser Hairong and gunboat Chiangyuan, China, circa Nov 1920 | Chinese protected cruiser Hairong, China, circa 1920s |
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| Chinese protected cruiser Hairong, China; the five-color 'Five Races Under One Union' flag flying on the bow dated this photograph as between 1912 and 1928 | Chinese protected cruiser Hairong, China, 1929 | Hairong in the Yangtze River, China, circa 1930s |
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