The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-30
SENT 40 THE BOTTOM.
Tho British Battle Ship Victoria
Sunk On Tripoh
vsce-Admirai Tryon and Over -Four Hon
dred Of the Grow Go Down with
Her-The Result of Coliisiou
with the CAmperdown.

calamity has befallen the British bat
Tie ship Victoria. flagship of the Medi
terranean squadron, and hundreds o
lives have been lost
The Victoria. which flew the flag O
Nice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. X {
IL. was run into OFF Tripoli by the Brit
ish battle ship Camperdown, also he
longing to the Mediterranean squad
ron. and under command of Capt
Charles tombstone. An enormous hole
through which the water poured in
torrents The immense hull Of the
Victoria at once began 10 settle and be
fore those on board of her could east
loose their snail boats she went TO the
bottom carrying nearly all down with
her who We're on board.
Some of the officers and crew man.
aged to get out of the suction caused
by the sinking vessel and were res
cued. Among those lost is Vice-Ad-
piral 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 Vic
toria having gone down with their ship.
The Victoria was a twin-screw bat
rle ship of 1870 tons and $4,000 horse
power. She mounted fifteen guns
The Camperdown is a first-class twin
screw battle ship. She is of 10000
tons and 1880 horse power and car
ries ten guns. Admiral Sir George
Tryon was commandcr-in-chief of the
Mediterranean station. lie was made
N vice-admiral August 20, 1891.
LArER-Rear-Admi Albert H.
Markham. Of the Trafalgar. the flag
ship of the rear-admiral in the Medi-
terranean. has telegraphcd TO the adj
miralty from Tripoli. Syria, a. follows:
81 regret to report that while
naneuvering of Tripoli this friday
afternoon the Victoria and Camper
down collIded. The Victoria sank in
fifteen minutes in eighteen fathoms of
water. She lies bottom uppermost.
The Camperdown's ram struck the
Victoria forward Of the turret on the
starboard side. Twenty-one officers
were drowned. Two hundred and fif-
ty-five men were saved. The injury
To the Camperdown has not yet been
full t.fp o1 h,,< l. -. I'D
will necessilate her going on the dock
for repairs. ! propose to send the sur
visors to Malta"
In January of last year the Victoria
ran aground off the Greek coast. near
piatea, and she was only fioatcd off
after an immense amount Of labor and
large expense. 1t was said that this ac
cident was due to carelessness. A boats
crew Of the Victoria was sent to mark
with a buoy shoal the extent Of
which was unknown to the Victoria's
officers. The shoal is narrow one and
extends out from the Greek shore The
crew was notified to proceed along the
shoal from the shore until ten
fathoms of water was reached and
then mark the spot with a
buoy. When within 100 yards of the
end the boat got off the shoal. and as
the next sounding showed ten fathoms
of water. the bouy was anchored. The
Victoria then came along at good
rate Of speed at right angles 10 the
shoal to take position for torpedo
practice, and, passing well outside the
buoy struck the shoal and remained
fast. Hon. Maurice Bourle, captain
of the Victoria. and a son Of the late
earl Of Mayo. who is the youngest post
captain in the British navy. was held
responsible for the accident and was
severely reprimanded by court-mar-
tial.
Capt. Bourkc was in command Of the
Victoria when she sank. According TO
the navy list the principal officers of
the Victoria were: Woe Admiral Sir
George Tryon. Capt Maurice a. Bourlxe.
Commander Charles l.. Ottley. Chap
sait lttNs t'diuutt - ". MOTIFS. r. tett
Surgeon Thomas Bolster. Fleet Paw
master Valentine u. J. Rickcord. Fleet
Engineer Felix Foreman.
The complement Of officers and crew
Of the Victoria comprised GOO men. The
list Of officers drowned include. besides
vice-Admiral Tryon. Chaplain Morris.
Lieut. Monroe, Fleet Paymaster
Rickcord. Fleet Engineer Fore
! man. Engineer Harding. Assistant
Vngineers Dcadman. Hatherly and
Seaton, Gunner Howell. Boatswain Bar
nard, Carpenter Bell. Midshipmen
Fawes, Lanyon. Henley. Gambler and
Siklett, Cadet Stokes and Clerks Allan
and Savage.
A change had recently been made in
the commander attached to the Veto
ria. Charles L. Ottley having been de-
rtached and succeeded by Commander
a. Fellicome, who was saved as
were also Capt. Bourlse and
some foreign officers. The first
Is~,a.ah onncarpipp fha ..c,.t.r.