The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-07-01
RUN DOWN BY A RAM.
British Arm0red Cruiser Victoria Sunk in
the Mediterranean Sea.

the mediterranean Sea.
LONDON, June "a most terrible
calamity has befalIen the British battle
ship Victoria, flagship of the Medtcr-
ranean squadron, and hundreds of lives
have been lost The Victoria which
flew the flag of NiceAdmral Sir George
Tryon, X. c. B., was run into off Tripoli
by the British battleship Camperdown,
also belonging to the Mediterranean
squadron, and under the command OF
Capt. Charles Johnstone. The Victoria
had an enormous hole made in her side
through which the water poured in tor
rents. The immense hull of the Veto
ria at once began to settle and before
those on board of her could cast loose
their small boats she went to the bottom,
carrying down with her nearly all on
board. Some of the officers and crew
managed to get ont of the suction caused
by the sinking vessel and were rescued.
Among those lost is Vice Admiral
Tryon.
The first reports of the disaster stated
that about 200 men had been drowned,
but later dispatches show that the loss
of life WAS far greater, not less than 400
of the officers and crew of the Victoria
having gone down with their ship.
The official report of the disaster has
been received from Rear Admiral Al
bert II. Markham, of the Trafalgar, the
flagship of the rear admiral in the Med
iterrancan. He has telegraphed to the
admiralty from Tripoli, Syria, under
date of to-day as follows:
| regret to report that while manouvcr-
ing off Tripoli this afternoon the Victoria
and Camperdown collided The Victoria
sank in fifteen minutes in eighteen fathoms
of water. She lies bottom uppermost The
Camperdown's ram struck the Victoria for
ward of the turret on the starboard- side
Twenty-one officers were drowned. Two
hundred and fifty men were saved The in
jury to the tamperdown has not vet been
fully ascertained, but il is serious and will
necessitate her going on dock for repairs !
propose to send the survivors to Malta
The Victoria was a twin screw battle
ship of 1910 tons and 1900 horse
power. She mounted fifteen guns. The
screw battleship. She is of O,6Oo tons
and / 800 horse power and carried ten
guns. Admiral Sir George Trvon was
commander-in- on the Mediter-
ranean. He was made vice admiral Au-
gust 20, 1891.
The Victoria was a single turret ship
carving two ll0-ton guns, mounted in
forward turret, coated with eighteen
inches of compound armor; one ten
inch twenty v-nine-ton gun firing aft and
broadside auxiliary armament of
twelve six-inch tive-ton guns. OF artil-
lerv of small nature she carried twenty
one quick firing and eight machine guns
Her maximum speed was 1919 knots
She could stow POO tons Of coal in her
bunkers and her radius of action al ten
knots speed with her full complement
of coal was estimated at 1000 knots
Her armored belt and bulkheads con-
sisted of compound armor from Is to
IS inches in thickness. She was built at
Elswick.
The complement of officers and crew
of the Victoria comprised 900 men. The
list of officers drowned include, besides
Vice A dmiral Tryon Chaplain Morris,
Lieut.. Munro, Fleet Paymaster Ri hard,
Fleet Engineer Foreman, Engineer
Harding, Assistant Engineers Deadman,
Hatherfv and Seaton; Gunner Howell,
Boatswain Barnard, Carpenter
Beall, Midshipmen Inglis, Grieve,
Fawkes, Henley, Gambler and
Scarlet; Cadet stocks and Clerks Allen
and Savage. \ change had been re-
Gently made in the commander attached
10 the Victoria Charles l. ottlpy hay
ing been detached and succeeded by
Commander Feilicome, who was saved,
as were also Capt. Maurice A. Burke
and fifteen nthcr nfticcrS