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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Firefly_(steamer).jpg) Lithograph of Firefly under Taiping service, published in 1866
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Ever Victorious Army | |
| Name | Firefly |
| Launched | 1854[1] |
| Acquired | 1863[2] |
| Fate | Destroyed, 25 December 1864[3] |
| History | |
| Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | |
| Name | Ti-Ping[4] |
| Acquired | 15 November 1863[5] |
| Fate | Recaptured by Qing troops, 1864[6] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Armed steamer |
| Displacement | 502 long tons (510 t)[1] |
Firefly (Chinese: 飛而復來; pinyin: Fēiérfùlái; Wade–Giles: Fei Erh Fu Lai or Chinese: 飛來福; pinyin: Fēiláifú; Wade–Giles: Fei Lai Fu "flying come blessing") is an armed steamer of the Ever Victorious Army, who fought for the Qing Dynasty against the rebels of the Taiping Rebellion in 1860 to 1864. She was briefly captured by Taiping troops and renamed Ti-ping under their service.
- ^ a b Curwen 1976, p. 285.
- ^ Di & Huang 2017.
- ^ Liu 2005, p. 131.
- ^ Heath & Perry 1994, p. 40.
- ^ Hart 1986, p. 391.
- ^ Wilson 1868, p. 210.