Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-23

GERS, seamen and bows and 107 marines on
board the ship 1t was feared Of this total OF
7lS SOUS 43O had been lost He was sure that
the deepest sympathy Of the house would be
felt for the brave men who had found an early
grave In the service of their country, and that
1t would be extended to their relatives and
friends.
The Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton. for
merly first lord Of the admiralty. Endorsed
everything that Mr.. Gladstone had said and
expressed the deepest regret for the calamity
that had befallen the country in the loss Of 90
many brave officers and men.
In the house Of lords Earl Spencer, first lord
Of the admiralty, referred to the disaster in
terms similar to those employed by Mr.. Glad
stone in the house of commons.
Among those saved is the Right Honorable
flag lieutenant and eldest son and heir of the
Earl o: Clanwiliam.
Details Of the accident are meager, and are
received in a struggling manner, owing to the
remoteness Of Tripoli.
The News in This CITY.
The news of the sinking Of her royal majesty 6
ship Victoria has caused profound sensation
at the Navy Department hero. No marine dis
aster, accompanied by such heavy loss of life,
has been known in this country for MANY years,
the nearest in kind probably being the loss of
the United States steamship Huron off Nag e
Head about fifteen years ago. Such great dis
asters are fortunately rare in naval history, al
though the British navy has known of
them, in the case Of the sinking
OF the Vanguard by the Iron Duke off
fbo rie AZ nd he
bitter experience in the case Of the Grosser
Kurfurst, magnificent ironclad, which was in
collision and sank when attempting to enter
Spithead. People who saw the beautiful and
stately Blake. flagship of the British squadron
at the naval review, thought that she was
great ship, but she was OF secondary import
ance when compared with the Inflated Victoria,
which has just gone down. for while
the Blake was large armored cruiser the Vic
toria was full-fedged battle ship nearly 1000
tons larger than the Blake. She bore about the
same relation to the Blake that our new battle
ships Indiana and Oregon do to the armored
cruiser New York. Indeed the Victoria was of
about the same dimensions as the Indiana. but
being OF newer design is more formidable
craft than the English snip, which had her sis
ter in the SanspareiL
THE LOST VESSEL.
The Victoria was built by Sir William Arm
strong at the celebrated Elswick works. and in
appearance she was typical fighting machine.
as unlike the ordinary conception Of shin az
possible. She was rather low in the water
having eleven feet freeboard, and the forward
deck being cleared to give sweep TO the great
turret guns, she had something Of the appear
ance of a monitor forward. Aft of her turret
she carried plain superstructure. heavily pro.
tected by compound armor, in which was
placed the secondary battery, and on the top
and rear OF this superstructure was the ten
inch gun in its barbette
Her dimensions and features were AZ follows
Armored ship Victoria. 90, iO.47O tons.
$4,000 horse power. $40 feet long. 20 feet beam,
built at Newcastle, completed in 1880: hull
cost I6l2, 522; machinery, f112, 1856; turrc,
and barbette, compound armor; two Hilton
guns IN forward turret and one 1O-inch
mounted in barbette aft; the turret and bar.
bette had Is inches OF compound armor. He,
listed speed was 1878 knots She had one
lofty military mast Of steel carrying gun plat.
forms
VICE ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE TRYoN
Sir George Iryon, the vice admiral, who
went down In his flagship. is one of the bes,
known British naval officers Commando,
Chadwick, now in charge of the naval iutel,i.
gence othce here, was well acquainted with him
during his residence in London as United States
naval attache. and he speaks in terms of high
praise OF the admirars character and ability al
naval otficer. He was a man of vast expert
ence, his service beginning in the days
before steam was prominent feature in
naval architecture and running through all the
various phases OF deV elopment that were
marked by the substitution Of steam for sail
power; OF iron for wooden bulls; Of steel for
iron; OF turrets for broadsides, and Il armor
for thin sheathing. He was q man who had
earned the highest honors within the gift of the
BRUSH nation. His name first appears in the
naval list away back in the days OF the Crmean
war. where he served in the naval
brigade before Sebastopol, during the
winter OF 1858 81 In the trenches. where he was
wounded. He was present at all OF the opera
tlons before Sebastopol and at the capture OF
hlnburn. He received medals for distinc ton
and was specially mentioned in dispatches FOR
services as director of transports during the