Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
RUN DOWN BY A RAM.
British Armored Cruiser Victoria Sunk in
the Mediterranean Sea.

British Armored Cruiser Victoria Sunk in
the Mediterranean Sea.
LONDON, June pa most terrible
calamity has befallen the British battle
ship Victoria, flagship of the Mediter-
ranean squadron, and hundreds of lives
have been lost. The Victoria, which
flew the flag of ViceAdmiral Sir George
Tryon, K. c.. B., was run into oil Irlpoll
by the British battleship Camperdown,
also belonging to the Mediterranean
squadron, and under the command OF
Capt. Charles tombstone. The Victoria
had an enormous hole made in her side
through which the water poured IN tor
rents. The immense hull of the Victo-
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 out 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 H. Markham, of the Trafalgar, the
flagship of the rear admiral in the Med
iterranean. He has telegraphed to the
admiralty from Tripoli, Syria, under
date of to-day as follows:
l regret to report that while maneuver-
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 Camperdown has not yet been
fully ascertained, but it is serious and will
necessitate her going on dock for repairs. |
propose to send the survivors to Malta.
The Victoria was twin screw battle
ship of 1910 tons and IA 900 horse
Camperdown is also a first-class twin
screw battleship. She is Of 1900 tons
and II 800 horsepower and carried ten
guns. Admiral Sir George Tryon was
commander-in-chief on the Mediter
ranean. He was made vice-admiral Au
gust 20, 1891.
The Victoria was single turret ship
carrying two 1lO-ton guns, mounted in
forward turret, coated with eighteen
inches of compound armor; one ten
inch twenty nine-ton gun firing aft and
broadside auxiliary armament of
twelve six-inch fve-ton guns. OF artil-
lery of a small nature she carried twenty
one quick firing and eight machine guns.
Her maximum speed was 1915 knots
bunkers and her radius of action at 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 600 men. The
list of officers drowned include, besides
WceAdmiral Tryon Chaplain Morris,
Lieut.. Munro, Fleet Paymaster Ri :hard,
Fleet Engineer Foreman, Engineer
Harding, Assistant Engineers Deadman,
Hather1y 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
to the Victoria Charles L. Ottley hay
ing been detached and succeeded by
Commander Fellicome, who was saved,
rs were also Capt. Maurice A. Burke