The Hon. East India Company’s steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne, and Starling, destroying the Chinese war junks in Anson’s Bay, January 7, 1841

This print depicts the attack by the Nemesis on Chinese war junks at Anson’s Bay on 7 January 1841. Known as the Second Battle of Chuenpee, the attack was part of the First Opium War, and contributed to the eventual cession of Hong Kong island to the British. The Nemesis, captained by Edward Belcher, was the first steam powered warship used in action by Britain. This print, based on a painting by George W. Terry, was published in Lieutenant Colonel Williams’ England’s Battles by Sea and Land by the London Printing and Publishing Company.

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