The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-20

cruiser Alionio MI has returned hero
L,eta 4 search for the missing cruiser
Rsua Recenta, and reports having
touud the latter vessel sunk near Bajo
Acsi,auos, not far from the straits Of
Gibraltar. Only twenty inches Of tho
Reina Regenta masts were above water.
The Alfonso MI has returned to the
scene OF tho wreck with number Of
/, divers aud diving appliance, to recover
The bodies OF the crew OF the sunken
warship.
The Reina Regenta was reported miss.
iag March l3. She had Just conveyed
from Cadiz to Tangier the returning
Moorish mission toSpain. The cruiser
lett Tsugier on March 10 for Cadiz and
her whereabouts was not definitely as
csr.siucd until to-day. Pieces OF one OF
her boats and semaphore flags were re-
reported TO have been picked up along
the shore near Ceuta and Tarita. She
carried crew OF 420 officers and mon,
and sll hands are believed to have per-
i.hcd.
A. soon as the reports OF the disaster
became current, number Of Spanish
and British war ships put to sea in
search OF the missing vessel. A French
steamship, on March Il. arrived at
Gibraltar and reported having seen n
big vessel, supposed to have been tho
Reina Regenta, ashore in Aceitunos
bay probably Bajo Aceitanos.l The
commander OF the French craft added
that he was unable to assist the war
ship on account OF heavy weather.
March 10 the steamer Mayfair arrived
at Barcelona and reported sighting a
vessel believed TO bc the Spanish
cruiser Rsina Regenla on the morning
oi March 10. between Tarita and Cape
Espartel. The warship had lost her
tunnels and bridge, and was laboring
heavily in the high seas and fierce gales
which prevailed. Although she was
apparently unmanageable, the cruiser
did not ask for assistance, aud therefore
the Mayfair did not offer her any. But
the captain OF the Mayfair SAID he was
Of the opinion that she could not long
nave survived the storm in the condi-
ton in which she appeared to be At the
time he saw her. Later the Spanish
cruisers, Isla de Iuzon and Alfonso
XlI.. returned 10 Cadiz after having
searched the Spanish and African
coasts and the straits without finding
any news OF the missing warship.
Deputy Diaz Moreau, who was former
II an officer in the Spanish navy, in tho
chamber Of ofdeputies during the evening
0. March II, read the statement OF q
iorme. commander OF the Reina Re.
ceu,a, in which tho writer described
tho cruiser as 4 vessel unable to weather
aheavy storm, owing TO tho increased
weight OF her armament IN the sem
ate, Admiral Beranger, formerly minis.
Tor OF marine, said that the Reina Re.
c.E:a was one OF tho best ships in her
class. She was well appointed in every
way, and II she was lost he believed she
mus, have collided with another vessel
or have gone ashore.
In Cadiz and Cartagena, where mos.
Of the 100 officers and men OF tho lost
cruiser belonged, there has been great
anxiety and excitement from tho mo-
meRt sho was reported missing.
The Rcina Regcnta. about two years
a.o, visited New York Us ono oil the
Spanish souadrou which escorted across
the Atlantic the Columbus caravels.
TIE Infanta Isabel, now reported 10
haze sunk m American schooner OF the
colS. OF Cuba, and tho Nucva Espana
wore tho other ships OF the Spanish
squ3droD. The lai,or arrived nt Fort.
re3s Monroe April 81, 1893, tho Reina
Ee:enta having the Carayel Santa Maria
ia tow; the piu,a was in tow Of the In.
lanta Isabel, and tho Nina was ,owed
by tho Nueya Espaua. All three OF
:hesc Spanish warships took n Conspic.
aoua part in the great Columbian naval
parade in Now York harbor April 81 ai
tie sane year.
Tho Keina Rescnta wa, launched in
Isl, and was one CT the three second
class dock protected cruisers OF the
same build, her sistcr ships being tho
At'onso XII, and Lepan;o. all OF
hlN toua, 1000 horse power, and OK.
pec.cd to steam twenty knots. Tho
Trec:ed cruiser was $50 feet long, had
% feet Ginchcs beam and draught Of
~ leeI4 inches. sho was propelled by
t%ln screws. lIcr projected deck was
5-i inches thick on tho slopes. hor
coming tower had inches OF ariror
thick.
iief armament consisted Of four %
:ach liontoria gnns. ono on zach aldo
forward OF tho central supcrstructurc,
one on each side aft, ,sixil lIon,oria guns
IN Droadsdc, the forward aud after pair
N sponsons, middle pair in recessed
ports, and fifteen rapid fire and ma
chlno cun,. She waa also fitted with five
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