Complete the sentence about Charles Elliot with the correct year: Elliott became commodore on the East Indies and China Station, with his broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS Haughty, in January ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1855
- Step 1: Elliott became commodore on the East Indies and China Station, with his broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS Haughty, in January 1855. Answer: 1855. Why not the others: 1858, 1875 and 1852 don't fit.
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