New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-22
NATIONAL SHIPS LOST.
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Our navy a. at pfeeent orgaLtxod dafes fro0 ~
yesr 1884 and Il s perhaps not little curoua hetens
of is 6rsf prizes shouh have been the mt 49, ~
withoui any one being able to cay how ~ snMW4
In 1879 the frigste Consteilaion. then undef eoca
Of Captain Truxton, captured the Frsaoh h,gsesf!4~
surgente, after Q vay ,elisnt action. Inn rUo4B
what called the quasi war with France cauood ~
the depredstons that were made upon osr coannssue
by the cruisers OF that country, which Ne vesy prPxs
was frst commanded by Cspt. Murray, who was suc-
ceectd by Capt Elecher The latter officer called -
cruife IN July, 1890, with sort Of rowing co0nis
board OF her, sent in by vesse that che spoke; bat
though che TO have been absept only eight weeks
nothing has ever been Of her for almost fouran1
fifty years. The Pickering, Capt. HilIar, . l<-gun
vessel which sailed moath later than the lnsurRon1o
for the West Indies, never heard from again Ths
Ssraoca of l6 guns loei In the way In ioO7.
One Of the finest vessels that ever sailed hon this
country was the the toop-of-wer Wasp, which hen
Capt. Blakely. On the 2sth of June she csptared
and DESTROYED the British sloopofwar Reindeer, and
ON the LIST Of September, the Avon, vessel OF the
same cass One of her prizes was taken ON 2lst sep
tsmber and sent 10 America under command Of NJ
(;e,inrer and no direct intelligence was ever sieor
ward received from her, She was spoken by Swed-
sh brig on the 9th Of October out OF which she took
two Ane officers who had belonged to the nlgste
Essex and were passengers IN the Swede from Rio d
Janeiro. This was the last time that abe ives seen
and known. Various stories TO her late were cur
rent for years. Mr. Cooper says; eh
There only enc this ip Mat has
,t.s Chased sn American OF the southern
sbout the Wasp ought to arrived sad thai thu thss
:S,R. mere .I ,ss., van As's INC
The Wasp was uncommonly well manned and Oh
cered and her loss a one TO the navy.
Catt B!akely was admirable commander, and the
gentlemen under KIM were Of high merit. Two Of the
ieutenants Mr. Reilly and Mr.. Barry had taken part
in tie capture of the Guerrero and the Java, and
Il,pvb aaf vVas In
teri rise when che took the Boxer. L ..If
The Eperyicr brig, eighteen guns sailed from The
Mediterranean for the United States in 1915, and was
ney er heard nom after she passed the Straits OF Gb
ratar She had been tax Ten from the Englsh IN 1914,
by tire Peacock, Capt. Warrington We bslievo that
at tie time of her loss she commanded by one Of
the Shubricks-a historical name in our navy.
The most remarkable instance of the loss OF . ma
tionsl ship since the close Of the last with En-
Gland was that of the Hornet which is supposed to
have foundered in norther' in the Gulf Of Mexico,
about quarter Of q century ago. Nothing was heard
of her If We remember after she left Iampico, some
time In the year 1880. The Hornet one Of tho
"lucky ships Of the navy, and great favorie both
with the service and with the country and was dsn-
guished for the part which she took ia tne war Of ,sl
from superior vessels. In 1873 when COMMANDED by
Capt. Lawrence she took the British brig Peacock,
after a short but very warm action OF hfeen minutes,
the Peacock being sunk. Attached to Commodore
Decaturs squadron few months later, she was com
peled to take refuge in NewLondon, when that squad
ron fell in with greatly superior British force, where
she was Llockaded for q long time. Escaping from
New ondon she went TO sea In January 1915, under
command of Capt. Biddle. On the Esd Of March sho
engaged and captured the Penguin, British vessel OF
about her own size and with picked crew. Subse-
ouently she was chased for two or three days BY .
British seventy -our, and narrowly escaped being cap
tuJod. -.
The recent losses Of the Albany and the Pcrpoise
have revived the interest that used TO be felt Ia the
losses that we have mentioned above. IL will DO seen
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car leaving no trace of their fate, and the same re-
This lit embraces only those which have never
been heard of efer leaving port. There have boon
were the capsizug Of the Somers in asqua the burn
inc of the steamer Mississippi the destruction OF the
Fulton by explosion, sc. The sharp build, the weight
of metal and the open ports Of ships-ofwar probably
notwithstanding they are much more efficiently and
numerously manned.