Stinkpot (weapon)
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A stinkpot or stink-pot was an incendiary
and suffocating
weapon used in 19th century China
, especially in naval
operations.
British Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy
recorded the use of the stinkpot in 1856 during the Second China War
in his book Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. He described it as:
Describing the method of use of the stinkpot, Kennedy writes:
Incendiary device
Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus....
and suffocating
Suffocation
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weapon used in 19th century China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, especially in naval
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
operations.
British Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy
William Kennedy (Royal Navy officer)
|-...
recorded the use of the stinkpot in 1856 during the Second China War
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860...
in his book Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. He described it as:
Describing the method of use of the stinkpot, Kennedy writes: