Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-26


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We1E EeEanlh HGEess be wczid pay
his re- poets 10 the 1gnEeheHa g the
Anfp SaannCn lying n that dock and
cry cat
The memorable naval e1gegement
between The Chesspeake and nAsn-
non began IN Boston hnFbor q -
D. M. Jnne /, 1913 Ths action
lasted 6flaen minutea. Cap1ain Law
sence was mogtaliT wounded ena ne
ship csPturcd by Captain Broke. q
he Shannon. Whfie TIE American
hero wns being carried below % one
be uttered The Immortal exclamation
Deaf give up the shipf
After II years Of absenee nom
Amerieas shores the came old shan
non has come back again and = nov
dischnrging chalk AZ the foot OF
West Eleventh street.
A Journal reporter paid . visit 70
the slanneh old ship recently. Nelk-
Ing On the pier. Il was seen thai Der
toDmasss we're down, and the noble.
oldaime frignte looked 80 II she vas
aeain prepared 10 70 into battle The
hgurhead swinging out under her
b0W Is = perfect likeness Of Captain
Broke. The victorious commander 10
her fight with she Chesapeake. On
her weather beaten sides is painted
/ IL rough letters the word ''ShanBon-
First UERcer Blnas, a. Englishman,
said 70 The reporter
This is the same old shannon tnai
whipped our American cousins 10 the
war Of 1919. Captain Lawrence was
! brave fellow, snd I was always
sorry that be died &c he did. Blast
nv eyes. II wouldn't like TO have
seen him 20 up to Broke after the
fight. and, over = pot Of stout. shake
hands and make Il up. On. you
want 70 know something about the
old shlpf Wen, she carried troops
70 India for many years. and when
sold BY the government 70 her pre-
sent owners they put her IN the co.
lonial trade carrying emigrants q
Australia. She was taken out o.
this business eighteen months age
and has been in the general trade
since"
How does she behave in 8 rough
seat Does she steer as well IS ever
'sWhy, bless you, the shannon 4
no longer Q man of-waF, she is now Z
lady and acts as one In storm. She
answers the call on her helm IS Q
eood wife would obey her husband.
She Is staunch and true, being built
Of English oak, and / would mol
wonder IL the dogs she carries In her
hold pointed their noses through her
port holes but what the old lady
would make . stout fight yet"
ssYou don't mean to say you have
cannon on boardf"
"Yes, sir. The very guns she car
ried in her Boston haFbor fight are on
board Of her now. Her owners will
not part with them for any money,
and Is they seem TO be part and par
eel of the vessel we carry them q
ballast. You see her port Eoles on
the gun and spar decks are still open.
The after ports shut on . slide. The
tram tackle and hammock bolts, the
ancho and chains are Just IS they
were when the brave Captain Broke
commanded her. Come on board and
inspect her"
The cabin Of the Shannon IL nine.
" feet long and thirty-two feet wide.
The paneling is Of walnut and Of
oak. She has fourteen state-r0oms
and four bath rooms. The furniture
that was on board during her mem
orahle fight is still in place, and be.
ing Of the solid kind, looks as good
as ever. The grated stairway lead.
Ing to the officers quarters on the
mess deck are little worn BY age,
but as fne q piece Of handiwork Is
can be seen In these days. The
swinging trays, lamps and the same
cid compass that pointed the way %
Boston II years ago are stu In place.
The musket, b6yonets and board
ing cutlasses that were handled on
the bright June afternoon in the
presence of the cultured who lined
the shores Of Bosten Bay are still In
position. On the quarter deck are
the same fixed seats on which Cap
tain Broke often rested. In the
chart room the sofa of Broke re-
mains intact. The pinnacle and wat.
er tanks for supplying the bath room.
are all original. and the fore and
maiA lower masts that were IN her In
1912 are still standing IS reminders
of her strength.
''She is an old beauty aud q gallant
one at that" said the first officer.
I'VE were thirty-nve days from
London with 9 cargo OF chalk, aud
In four weeks from now We sail for
Java, East Indies, with Standard oil
After all her battles and victories,
and the songs that have been written
and sung about the grand old ship,
she reminds me in her old age Of {
broken down hero and Of Shakes.
peare's line :
To What base uses do We come ct last.
"After carrying heroes on hel
decks. she is strong enough today "a
carry 3 new generation OF brave tarB.
She is loaded with common chalk ard
win load with offensive oil. Jusl
think Of tn said officer Binns q:
be handed the reporter over the raj
OF the Shannon.