The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-29
THEIR IRON COFFIN.


BATTLEShiP VICTORIA SUNK
OFF TR!POLL
NOT LESS THAN FOUR HUNDRED
LIVES LOST.
Struck Ey the Camperdown's Ram in
Maneu,ers-Went Down Eighteen
Fathoms. and Lies Bottom Ip-Criti-
rfsu, of the New Navy.
LoSpoH, June e6.--A most terrible
calamity has befallen the British bat
tleship Victoria, flagship of the Medi-
terranean squadron. and hundreds of
lives have been list. The Victoria.
which flew the flag of Nice-Admiral
Sir George Tryon. X. {. b.. vas run
into off Tripoli by the British
battleship Camperdown, also be-
longing TO the Mediterranean
squadron and under command of
Capt. Charles Iohn>tone. The Vic
toria had an enormous hole made in
her side through which the water
poured in great volume. The immense
hull of the Victoria 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
tog get out of the suction caused by the
sinking vessel and We're rescued.
Among those lost is Vice Admiral
Tryon.
As soon as the officers of the Vic
= n.
their ship laundering orders were
given to close the collision bulkheads
in order to keep the water in the com
partments into which the Camperdown
had showed her ram. The sailors tried
to obey the order. but the ship was
making water too fast to allow of clos
ing the bulkheads, and while the men
were still trying to shut them the YES
sci. with her immense guns and heavy
top hamper turned over and carried
them down.
The first reports of the disaster
| stated that about 200 men had been
drowned. hut later dispatches show
that the loss OF life was far greater.
not less than lon of the officers and
! crew of the Vic oria having 9. ne down
/ with their ship.
he Victoria WAS a twln-Screw
| bnttlc>hip of 10. T." tons and li,00o
| horse power She was armpred and
mounted fifteen guns The Camper
| down is also I; tirSt-clasS twin screw
battle ship of lu,A0 tons ana ll,5oo
| horse power and carried ten Guns
Admiral Sir George Tryon vas Com
mander-in- Chief OF the Mediterranean
station He was made Il Vice Admiral
| August 20. 1891.
| Among those saved is the 1T. Hon.
Lord Richard Clifford, Vice Admiral
! Tryon tlag Lieutenant and eldest son
and heir of the Earl of llanwiiliam.
The details of the accident are
meager and are received in a stra ggling
manner, owing to the remOteneSs of
Tripoll.
Rear Admiral Albert II. Markham
Of the Trafalgar, the flagship of the
| Rear Admiral in the Mediterranean.
has tclegraphed to the Admiralty from
Tripoli, Syria, under date of to-day,
as follows:
Il regret to report that while ma
neuvering off Tripoli, this afternoon,
the Victoria and Camperdown col
lided The Victoria sank in fifteen
minutes. in eighteen fathom> of water.
She lies bottom uppermost. The
Camperdown ram struck the Victoria
|
side. Tv enty-one officers We're
drowned Two hundred and tifty-five
men We're sa9ed. The injury to the
Camperdown has not yet been fully as
certained, but it is serious. and will
necesitate her going on dock for re
/ pairs. propose to send the survivors
to Malta.
The complement OF officers and crew
| of the Victoria comprised six hundred
men. The list of officers drowned in
Guided besides Vice Admiral TryOn.
Chaplain Morris. Lieut.. Munro. Fleet
Paymaster Rickord. Fleet Engineer
Foreman, Engineer Harding, Assist
ant Engineers Dcadman, HatherIy
and Seaton. Gunner Howell, Boat
swain Barnard Carpenter Beall. Mid
shipmen lnglis. Grieva, Fawks. Hen
| ley. Gambler and Scarlet. Cadet
Stocks and Clerks Allen and Savage.
change had been recently made in
the Commander attached to the Vic
toria. Charles l.. Ottley having been
| FellicOme. who was saved, as We're
also Captain the Hon. Maurice A.
Bourl<e and fifteen other Off .er>.
The Victoria was Il single turrct
ship. carrying two llo-ton guns,
mounted in forward turret, coated
| with Is inches of compound armor,
one l0-inch 2!-ton gun firing aft. and a
| broadside auxiliary armament OF
twelvr G-inch 5-ton guns. OF artillery
| of smaller nature she carried TWEEN
ty-oue quick firing and eight machine
guns. Her maximum speed was 49,.
| knots. She could stow ! 200 tons of Goa
in her bunkers. and her radius of action
at 10 knots speed with her full compile
| ment of coal was estimated at ..Not
knots. Her armored belt and bulk
heads consisted of compound armol
! from IL to Is inches IN thickness. She
| was built at Elswick.
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