HC Deb 01 December 1926 vol 200 cc1174-5
30. Mr. STEPHEN

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the steamship "Kiawo," recently belonging to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, was taken over by the Admiralty; and for what purpose she was intended?

Mr. BR1DGEMAN

The steamship "Kiawo" was taken up on 4th September for the operations at Wahnsien. She was retained for some time owing to unsettled conditions on the Upper Yangtse and was returned to owners on 2nd November.