The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-20
IS REINA REGENTE LOST 3?
Wreck Of The Missing Spanish Cruiser
Said 10 Have Been Found.
ALL ON BOARD UNDOUBTEDLY LOST.
Diver. Taken TO the seoDe TO Ering Up '"o
Bodies of the victims-fhe hepof'' "'"
ever, is Not Confirmed.

CADIZ. March l9-Ihc HPa"'7"
Alfonso XII. which has been cruiS'"s
IN the Mediterranean IN search OF 'pe
,otssipt, warship Reina Reg arrive"
-. mis- n,ornine. She found the Reina
r,,ontc at Bajo Accitunos' near Couii'
ybcro she had sunk. only about eighteen
inches of her masts was visible ABOVE
the surface Of the water
rho Alfoaeo XII. has returned to the
.,,,e Of the wreck with a company OF
Digcrs The news brought by AIfohso
Au has created a profound feeling OF
sorrow here.
r,. IN po.RD UNDOUBTEDLY LOST.
t,,or, the best information obtainable
bere at This time. Il IS regarded as PROB
nbte that AN on board the Relna Regente
go lost not Il single survivor being re-
ported as having arrived at any port
nor has a single body been found that
ro1Id Doe Identified As hat of one OF the
officers or crew OF the lost snip Inc
Alfonso XII is taking divers ana dlVihg
n,r1iauces for the purpose Of removing
the bodies from the sunken ship, ana
evaniniug the condition Of the vessel
xgttb a view of ascertaining the possibili-
lies of raising her. Until something FUR
tbcr is heard from the Alfonso MI.
,otbipc can be definitely known; but
All hands are undoubtedly lost
HTn LAST CRUISE.
The Reina Regente was reported miss
5ng on March 18th. She had just convey
eB from Cadiz 10 Tangier the returning
Moorish mission TO Spain. The cruiser
left Tangier on March 10th for Caal1 anu
her whereabouts have not been oehhlte-
ly ascertained until to-day. fleces Vi
one of her boats and semaphoIeS Weie
reported TO have been picked up along
tbe shore near Ceuta and Tarifa. she
,..rried a crew of 40 officers and men,
ana an hands are believed to have perlsh-
ed. ,,,,,
So soon as the rcTcrts Of the disaster
becarne current a number OF Spallsh anu
British warships put to sea III sedrcn
OF her. a French steamship, on Marc,
14th. arrived al Gibraltar ana reported
having seen a big vessel supposou 20
have been the Reina Hegente, ashore III
N.,;t,tcs bay probably Bajo Aceitanos).
The commander of the French or III adu-
"a that he was unable TO assist the war
shin on account of heavy weather.
WHEN LAST SEEN.
On March 18th the steamer Mayfair
arrived at Barcelona and reported sight
inc n vessel believed 10 be the Spanish
cruiser Reina Regenta, On the morning
AZ March 10Th between Tarif1 ana cape
,tsnartel The warship had lost her run
n1s and bridge. aud was laboring heaNlly
I'm the high seas and hecce Saie "hiNh
prevailed Although she WAS dpPd' cn.
IL Lnmanageable, ,he cruis tr dld hol aeN
for assistance. and therefore the -""y
f.ir aid not offer her any. But the cap
tain of the Mayfair added that he was
of tha opinion shat she could not long
bavn survived the storm in the condl-
ZION i'm which she appeared 10 Oe dl
the time he saw her .
Later the Spanish cruisers isia de buzoh
and Alfonso XII returned 10 Caulz dIler
hsving searched the Spanish ana AFRICAN ~
roasts and the straits without any news
Of the missing warship
THE VESSEL UNsEAwoRTHY.
Deputy Diaz Moreu, who was lotHneily
an officer in the Spanish navy III the
chamber of Deputies during the eNeHI"s
of March ltth read the statement OF
liner commander of the Reina Resente'
An which the writer described the cruiser
.cs a vessel unable TO weather hedNy
s,orr, o,yine 10 the increased weight
of her armament. -.
In the Senate Admiral Beranger' form
,., Minister OF Marine, said that lle
Relna Regente was one OF the best shlPs
sn her class. she was well appointed Il,
very way, he added. and If she was los
he believed she must have colllued WIN
another vessel or gone ashore
subsequently. in an interview In regard
,o The statement made by Deputy Diaz
Nf,reu Admiral Beranger said that the
overweight of the cruisers deck guns was
.eetI0ed two years ago, by DIS orders
when he was Minister Of Marine.
The uncertainty as 20 the fate OF the
vessel caused great public excitement IN
Madrid, and the Government was ac-
cused OF keeping back news OF the snip
and Of having ordered the detention by
The censOrs of all telesrams giving III
formation about her.
But when "a number OF 1abs, a compass
box and other wreckage known 10 have
belonged TO the Reina Regente were
washed ashore at Tarfa, she was given
mp for lost.
In Cadiz and Carthagena, where most
Of the An officers and men of the lost
cruiser belonged. there has been great
anxiety and excitement from the moment
she was reported missing,
THE WRECKED VESSEL.
The Rena Regente was launched in
gSM. and was one OF three second-class
deck-protected cruisers OF the same build.
her sister ships being the Alfonso NIL
and Lepanto, all Of 1850 tons, 1900 horse
power and expected TO steam 20 knots.
The wrecked cruiser was 800 feet long
had 20 feet inches beam and a draught
OF 20 feet 4 inches. she was propelled by
twin screws. Her protected deck was
81 inches thick on the slopes. her con
Ming tower had inches of armor, and hei
gun shields were inches thick.
The armament OF the Reina RegentC
consisted of four 9 ID inch Henrietta
guns. one on each side forward OF the cen
tral supeTstructure, one on each side aft
six 81 inch Hontoria guns In broad
side, the forward and after pair in spOn
sons middle pair In recessed ports, anC
fifteen rapid fire and machine guns. Sh,
was also htted with five torpedo tubes.
so1E poUBr AS TO THE WRECK
MADRID. March lg-The Government
has not received otftclal information re-
Pardng the report Of the finding OF the
cruiser Reina Regente. and the statement
that she has been found sunk In shall
low water near the Straits of Gibralter Is
generally discro6ited by the authorities.
All II the Madrid newspapers. however,
publish the statement that the Alfonso
MI discovered the cruiser sunk at Bajo
Aceitanos with only a small portion oi
her masts above water
dispatch from the agent Of the Lloyds
at Gibraltar was received near midnight
saying Il was reported that she hat
fOgrdered near Couil. but that the fate
OF those on board Is not known The
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