Talk:Steam frigate

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China didn't begin testing steam powered ships until much later than 1840. They lost the first and second opium war because of the prevalence of steam ships from Europe. Check ISBN: 978-0-205-83550-8 Page 671 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.175.125 (talk) 07:00, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There exists stub article screw sloop with a fair number, 198, of inbound links. It should perhaps be merged to Steam frigate or to sloop-of-war (perhaps specifically to Sloop-of-war#Decline, which gives a little context perhaps worth consulting before jumping along its link to Steam frigate). Please comment at informal merger proposal discussion, at Talk:Screw sloop#Merge (revived in 2020). --Doncram (talk) 22:09, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]