The times., 1898-04-24
nERCHANT TMEN OF SPAIN
Ships That May Be Captured by
Our Navy.
AMERICAN CRAFT AT SEA
The Navy Department Learns the
"hcreabo of Many Vessels of
the Spanish Merchant FIeet-A
Number of Ships That Carry the
Stars and Stripes in Danger.

The Navy Department has made stren-
uous efforts, through the New York |
Maritime Exchange and other maritime
associations. to locate Spanish merchant
vessels at present in or near American
waters.
Although the Spanish merchant fleet is,
comparatively, small one. and the Span
ish government has carefully notified the
merchantmen of approaching war; sever
al large steamers and sailing vessels are
at present in such a position that they
/ can be readily captured by our swift
/ cruisers.
/ Late reports from Spanish vessels show
/ that the most of them are heading for
home, and that comparatively few are
/ coming toward the Western Hemisphere.
! Several of the more venturesome ones
/ however. that did not believe war would
! be declared, left port less than three
/ days ago, and are now on the high seas,
unconscious of their peril. Several 9TH
ers, which are making long voyages un-
! der sail, will sooner or later drift into
one of our warships. Still others are
/ cooped up in Cuban, West Indian and
South American ports. and will have to
1 remain there or take the risk of being
| captured by our fleet.
| In all, the Government has learned of
| forty-six Spanish merchant vessels that
/ may fall a prey to our fleet. All of them
have good cargoes and would make rich
prizes. The full list is as follows:
Steamship Alava. lap tons, from Liv-
erpool, en- route to Havana, called at
VigO, Spain, March Is.
Steamship Alicia, 1,7GS tons, from Pensa-
7 cola. en- route q IiVprDoOl OaSSpd
I West April A.
Brig Amalia, 41s tons, from Brunswick,
en- route to Marin.
Bark Angelic, 703 tons, probably at
Brunswick
Bark Antonio Jane, $50 tons, probably at
I Brunswick.
Steamship Barcelona, 1924 tons, from
Havana, en- route to Genoa, left Havana
April II.
Steamship Bonita, go tons, probably at
Galveston.
Steamship Berenguer el Grande, 24i5
tons, from New Orleans, en- route TO Bar
celona.
Bark Cabieces, 448 tons, prabably at Car
thagena.
Tank steamer Cadagua, 1,O6s tons from
London, en- route to Batoum.
Bark Carlos f. Rosas. 499 tons, left Mon
tevideo March 16 for Cuba.
Steamship Cienfuegos, 1,139 tons, from
New York, en- route to Cuba.
Steamship Ciudad de Reus, 1,210 tons,
left Dunkirk, Scotland, April A.
Bark Consuela, 4l3 tons, from Santos en-
route to New Brunswick.
Steamship Francisco, 1,76S tons from
Pensacola, en- route to Liverpool.
Steamship, Gallego, ,615 tons. from New
} Orleans, spoken off Florida April g.
Steamship Gracia 202I tons from Pen
sacola April Is, en- route TO Liverpool.
Steamship Gran Antflla, 2,294 tons, from
Barcelona, en- route to Havana, passed
) Gibraltar April 2.
, Steamship Guido, 2065 tons. from Liver
pool April 2. en- route to Havana, passed
Corunna April 9.
Steamship Ida, PA tons, from Galveston
April {, en- route to Havre
Bark Jamie Mir, 425 tons, probably at
} Havana.
Bark Jose Fargas. Isl tons, from Bruins
wick March 49, en- route to Valencia.
Brig JOven Antonio, 337 tons, probably
at Havana.
Steamship .Leonora, 1,765 tons, probably
at Havana.
Barkentine Lorenzo, 2S7 tons, probably
at MonteYideo
} Steamship Madrileno, 2,o24 tons, proba-
Bark Marie Teresa, 292 tons, probably
at Montevideo
Steamship Mexico, 1906 tons, en- route to
b Vera Cruz, April IS.
Steamship Miguel Joved. 2,55i tons, in
/ New Orleans April 16.
Steamship Montserrat, 1883 tons from
} Las Palmas April IL, en- route TO Havana
Brig Nuevitas, 169 tons, probably at Ha-
vana.
Bark Pablo Sensat, 59s tons probably at
Z Havana.
B Steamship Paulina, 1.3A tons. from San
} tander April s, en- route TO Porto Rico
Steamship Pedro, l.S92 tons, from Ant
werp March p, en- route TO Santa Cruz
Pensacola and return.
Steamship Pho TX, 1858 tons. probably
/ at Havana.
Steamship Puerto Rico. La tons, from
} New Orleans April 16, en- route to Bar
; celOna.
I Steamship Rita, 1, ,4O5 tons. from Santan-
I der April 13, en- route to Porto Rico
Steamship San Augustin, 1,554 tons, from
! Havana April g. Ell route to Colon
} Steamship Santo Domingo. at Progresso
Mexico, repairing, route TO New York
Steamship Santiago de Cuba, S72 tons
, / probably at Manzanilla or Cienfuegos.
Steamship Saturnina, 1926 tons from
4 Sagua April 8. en- route to St Jaio
Steamship Sierra, LAS tons from San
tander April 13 en- route to Havana
Brig Soberano, 81 tons, probably at
Montevideo.
Steamship TeIesfora, 2,66S tons. arrived
Galveston April 10; departure unknown
Bark Verdad, 43S tons, from Brunswick
April l6, en- route to Santa Cruz
Steamship Wilma 1893 tons from Cor
= unna April ,, en- route to Havana.
The capture of the Spanish ship. Buena
Ventura, by the Nashville may not be
long unavenged. No less than fifteen
American vessels are either due to ar
rive, now loaded and ready TO sail
at the ports of Buenos Ayres, Montevi-
deo and Rio Grande de Sui.
Somewhere off the coast of Argentina
supposedly near Montevideo the Spanish
, torpedo gunboat Temerario Is lurking
, about. waiting for chance to strike a
blow al the American merchant marine
She knows ere this of the declaration of
war, and her officers and crew will be on
the qui vive to sink or capture and make
prizes of all the defenseless American
: ships they can overhaul
r The TemerariO is not large vessel. but
she has great speed and carries formid-
able armament aside from her torpedo
tubes. She is 1870 feet long. measures so
tons. and has $500 horse power in her en-
gine room.
She mounts two 47-inch Honoria rifles
four 2.2-inch quick-fring rifles and cne
machine gun Her hull is of steel and
she carries a crew of nearly two hundred
men. She was built in Carthage gena in 1889
and developed 20.5 knots speed on her
trials
, Though coal is adjudged contraband Of
war by European nations, the TameTar q
G will have no trouble in lilling her bunkers
whenever she needs to do so al any of
the Portuguese Of Span sh-American Dor <
! along the South American cast
All the American ships reported due in
, these waters are sailing shiDs. None could
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