The iron steamer Nemesis shreds the war junks
1841 · Event
At Chuenpi, an iron-hulled paddle steamer built in secret by the East India Company destroys a fleet of Chinese war junks almost single-handedly — the industrial revolution arriving as a weapon. The military gap the Nemesis exposes shapes every treaty China signs for the next sixty years.
On these timelines: The Opium Wars, China, Industrial Revolution, British Empire, Master
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