The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-03


at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Her building COM
menced in 1s43, and she launched in 1s48. She
rated 20 gun vessel but like all the ships Of her
class, carried ~ gunssix 8inch shell guns and six.
teen 49, FOUNDERS. Her total cost and repairs up to
1850 amounted to SIT SAT. Complement Of officers and
men, 30; tonnage, 1o64 length 14s feet BEAM 344
feet; hold, ia feet.
The following extracts from the official reports Of her
cruises show her general qualities =
Maximum draft 171S feet best sailing trim varying
cond cruise. 'stecrs works readily rolls easy and
sHsteers well, But sails and works badly and makes
great deal Of lee way wind under the favora.
per hour rolls and squats dreaduy and requires low
sail Her best trim for sailing is probably by the head.
been shortened several feet Carried the same sail on
the fore that she did the mainmas previous TO this
cruise. Has since undergone alterations and by
from 20 inches to feet by the stern and without any
ballast board. Steers and lies to WE'LL and works
well the average of ships stands up well under her
sails; rolls deep without strainng her hun rigging
She has logged ten knots per hour wind, and thir
feen Tree Sed AIT le IN on the sn WIND
all circumstances under which have seen her, supe.
rior TO most ships-1s52"
The "squattng spoken Of in the above report shows
that gale Of wind there would be great danger of
her being taken aback and thus running down stern
foremost This is believed, was the manner in which,
seriously affected her and thus weakened her tmbers,
but there Is no evidence TO show that such was really
The probable fate Of the Albany is dreadful to con-
tempate-the engufment OF every soul on board-and
ss S ' q
Taking into consideration the number Of vessels in the
navy list of those which have been lost Mt not
considerable From the commencement, la 1775 to the
present time, the following recorded rs ''lost3'
177s-Brg Reprsal, (purchased)
l7s0-Shp Saratoga while In command OF Captain j.
Young, and has never since been heard Of.
1s00-shp lnsurgent, "a captured vessel,) while In
command Of Capt. p. Fletcher, foundered with all on
Is2e-Brig Hornet while In command of Master COM
mandant Ohio Norris, with all on BOARD supposed to
have foundered in heavy sea.
isii-schooner Revenge, (purchased.)
lSl5-schooner Helen, (purchased),
lsl4-shp Wasp, while in command Of Master Com
mandant Johnston Blakely, with all on board.
asa &c Hs al sa board
Master Commandant VIM Lewis, bearer Of dispatches
from Commodore Decatur, and Lieuts. Neal, Gornsil
July IL, and vas never Afterwards heard from.
ls2o-schooner Lynx, while in command Of Lieut. J.
r, Madison, with all on board.
1s1e-Brg Chippewa, crew saved
1s33-Schooner Porpoise, crew saved.
1B46-Schooner Shark, crew saved
1s43-Schooner Grampus, while in command Of Lieut..
A. y. Downes, with all on board
1s24-schooner Wildcat lpurchased), with all on
is25-schooner Ferret (purchased) with nine Of her
is4c--ship Boston, during squat in the night, all
ls43-ship Concord, with her commander, W. Boerum,
and one Of hei
1S4I-Shp Peacock,
ls31-schooper sylph (purchased).
ls3a--Schooner Sea Gull (purchased).
ls46--Brig Truxton, three midshpmen and thirty
seven Of the crew lost.
1s4e-schooner 0n-kahy-e (purchased).
1s4e-stesmer Edith (purcbased).
And on Lake Ontario during a squall, in 1873 two
schooners the Hamilton and scourge with all hands,
except sixteen Of the crew Of the latter
wherever the word purchased does not occur the
vessels were built by the government Of the United
States Where not stated otherwise, lives were lost
win be by the list that the Albany II she has
foundered with all board Is not the first vessel OF our
navy which has shared similar fate
Its supposed that Congress following precedent AZ
rea iy set in similar case win grant three months pay
the families fthose lost in the Albany together Win
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