The narrated timetable has HMS Folkestone leave Manila after midday and reach Tsingtao around midday the next day, then slow to an unhurried final approach once the port came into view. That passage appears difficult to reconcile with the Hastings-class sloop's published 16-knot maximum, especially because the final leg was made more slowly. The listed machinery was 2,000 shaft horsepower for a 1,045-ton ship, which deepens the discrepancy between specification and recorded movement. A removable governor is offered only as a possibility, and the actual cause remains unresolved. The example shows why archival movement records should be tested against published ship specifications instead of treated as automatically compatible.
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Folkestone's passage challenges its published speed
HMS Folkestone's reported passage from Manila to Tsingtao appears too quick for the Hastings-class sloop's published 16-knot maximum, showing how recorded movements can test accepted specifications.