Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-08-13

l. DISASTERS TO OUR NAVY.
% The following statement, collated from an
. thentic data, exhibits all the disasters tia
!, have happened to our naval marine from In
year l7sS to 1859. 1t can scarcely fail 10 in
terest the general reader as we'll ~ those con
. nected with the Navy
s vRssRLs Loot.
j albany, sloop, 20 guns Commander j. n
e derrv, Gulf of Mexico, 1874
a. -a,",gator, schooner, II guns, Lieut.. Z. al
e Dale, Carysfort Reef 1852
n Boston, ~ guns, Commander @. \. Pearson
t West Indies, 1916.
Borsr brig, "a guns, Lieut.. j. Porter, Of
thtpPemd, brig IA guns, West Indies 1915
Concord, ship, Is guns, Commander w
; hoernm, East Coast of Africa, 1913.
ram, steamer, guns, Lieut.. j. ncCor-
! mick, California, 1S49.
Enterprise, schooner, ~ cuua. Liant 4 al
lagher, Little Cusacoa Sea, 1928.
: Eperaier, ship, IS guns, Lieut., i. Il. Sim.
brick, at sea, 1916.
Etnd, bomb-brig, II guns, Commanded
name not given,) New Orleans, 1912.
Stony Inlet, 1914. 's''"'"'''
Ferret, schooner, guns Miishipinsn N. 8.
Booth, West Indies, 1925.
drdmPus, schooner, AZ gums, Lieut.. n. A.
Downs, of Charleston, 1913.
Of Honduras, 1923. '' D"9
Helen, schooner a gun. (Conm.na.
name not given,) Delaware Bay. Isle
Hornet, brig, Is guns, Master Commander
0. Norris, OFF Tampico, 1929.
laSurgent, ship, sc guns, Capt. p. Petcher
at sea, 1900. o'o"oit
Lynr' schooner, guns, hiout. J. n. Madl-
son, at sea, 1920.
oafdhye, schooner 2 guns, Lieut.. O. II.
Bergman, West Indies 1870.
y, peaeocs, ship, IS guns, Lieut.. VIM. 4.
hudson, Columbia river, 1S4l.
f' eeeg brig IA guns, Lieut.. b, Hitler, at
Porpoise, schooner, 4 guns. Nastor w. X
Bridge, Bashes Pass, Il. /. Sos. 1894
Repenge, schooner, ~ guns. Liant. q II
Perry, of Newport, 1911.
Sea GaH, pilot-hoat, . guns Passed Mil
shipmanJ. w. Is. Reed, of Cape Horn. 1s3O,
SHARK, schooner, u guns, Lieut. N. M
howison, Columbia river 1896
.sSgph, schooner | gun, Lieut.. Ii. n. V
Robinson, West Indies, 1881.
:, Tufton, brig, 10 guns. Commander K W.
Carpenter, Tnspen bar, 1916.
:, Hap, ship, Is guns, Master Commander
Blakely, at sea, 1914.
Wildcat schooner, guns. Liant n XIV
non, West Indies, 1924.
:, lofkfogn, sloop, l6 guns, Commands. J.ln
Marston, Island of Mayo, 1850.
VESSELS CAPTURED.
:, Alligator, sloop, l gun, sailing-msster n. |
Sheppard, New Orleans 1919.
Argus, sloop- of-war, 10 guns, Master Com +,
m rn,a VIM. II. Alien, English chmlnel. I
Chesapeake, frigate, 36 guns, Capt. }. Law.
renee, off Boston, 1873
:, Eagle, guns, Lieut.. sydney Smith, Lake
:, Esser, frigate, 80 guns, Capt. David Porter.
Efohc ship, Is guns, Master Commander.
D. cambridge, OF Havana, 1914
GrorIer, sloop, 3 guns, Lieut.. Sydnoy
smith, Lake Champlain, 1913.
GfpWser, schooner, guns, Lieut. D. Dea-
con, Lake Ontario, 1913.
Julia, schooner, 2 guns. saitiro-ms.o.
Traub Lake Ontario, 1873.
Nautilus, brig, IL guns. Lieut.. Wm. NJ
Crane, of New York, 1872. - W.
Gally, Lake Erie 1914. -
President, frigate, A guns, Capt. Stenben
Decatnr, off New York, 1915. i'''9'
RatHesaahe, brig, IA guns, Lieut.. 1. Ran.
shaw, at sea, 1914. = -'o"r
n 800. ,'teon, auhoonefi Ia guns, Lieut.. w
bainbridge, West Indies, 1898.
scorpion, schooner, guns. Iient n nav
ner. Lake Huron, 1914 Z. : l-
Siren, brig, l6 guns, Lieut.. J. N. Nichol,on.
at sea, 1914. '''onoie'I'
Lake Erie, 1914. S0"hi'h' =
=, Itgtess, schooner, ! gun, BsiHng.master
Chaplin, Lake Huron, 1Sl4.
tper, brig, 10 guns, Lieut.. l. D. Henley.
pifs1, brig, Il guns, Lieut.. G. W. Reed, At
Firss brig, IA guns, Capt. Thea. Hail. at |
Wasp, schooner, IS guns, Master Com.
nahdef .. Jones, at>sea, 1912.
VESSELS BURNT.
.; A,rgas,* ship, IS guns, Washington CITY,
SD. w. 10. o
sl4. '" ''' Ssorkh, i,
General Green ship, % run, Cant r . 2
Jerry, Washington, 1914. P'' = ~ y
GreehWich, ship; l6guns, Lieut. j. NJ. Gam %
c, Marquesas Islands, 1914.
john Adams ship, 2s guns, Capt. C. MorrIs.
lampden, Maine, 1914.
Missouri, steamship, 10 guns, Can't. !. a.
'ewton, Gibraltar, 1913. I'll
Sea Horse, schooner, gun, Sailnp-master nJ
ohnson, New Orleans, 1Si4. d
Nlhese vessels were burnt by order. ia nre- u
ent them falling into the hands of the enemy ~
urins the invasion of Washington in asia. ne
VESSELS BRoKRH UP.
. Alert, ship, 20 guns, broken up at NorTolk y
Congress, ship, SO guns, at Norfolk 1894 :
1yane 81 guns, at Philadelphia, 1885, "
Er,e ship, Is guns, at Boston, is4b, al
GtHerTter, ship, A guns, at Norfolk, 1871, v
1fornet, schooner, guns, at Norfolk, 1920 NJ
iowa, ship, "A guns, at Norfolk, 1912.
Louisiana, ship, 16 guns, at New Orleans {
S35. ~" hofR' ~,
ndtcheF, ship, is guns at New York, 1870. Il
Princeton steamship q ,,,,as =. y 'V' tur
$40. eNA', OF huston, ast
SSpifre, ketch, guns, at Norfolk 1901
Sl9. e' W ~" iorh, R
500. e1A'' ~ fe" tofk, at,
49, ~" iofAi -
VESSELS BLOWN UP.
Caroline, schooner, IA guns. eonnanaor A
D.. Henley, New Orleans, 1914. afts
9a1on, steamship, 80 guns, Commander 4 n
Newton, Brooklyn, 1929. . HI
intrep'd, ketch, guns, Master Ctln,s,ndo.
somers, off Tripoli, 1904.