The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-23
MERCHANTMEN OF SPAIN
Ships That May Be Captured by
Our Navy.
AMERICAN CRAFT AT SEA
The Navy Department Learns the
whereabc uts of Many Vessels of
the Spanish Merchant FIeet-A
Number of ships That Carry the
stars and Stripes i'm Danger.


uous efforts. through the New York
Maritime Exchange and other maritime
associations. 10 locate Spanish merchant
vessels at present in or near American
waters.
Although the Spanish merchant fleet Is,
comparatively, a 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 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
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
NAV fali a prey to our fleet All Of them
have good cargoes and would make rich
prizes The full list is as follows:
Steamship Alava. Lac tons, from Liv-
erpool en- route to Havana. called at
NigO, Spain, March 2S.
Steamship Alicia. 1. .76S tons. from Pensa-
cola en- route 10 Liverpool, passed key
West April Il.
Brig Amalia sls tons. from Brunswick,
en- route TO Marin.
Bark Angelic. 705 tons, probably at
Brunswick.
Bark Antonio Jane, $50 tons. probably at
Brunswick
Steamship Barcelona. 1924 tons. from
Havana, en- route to Genoa, left Havana
April II.
Steamship Bonita. s75 tons. probably at
Galveston.
Steamship Berenguer el Grande, 2.4l5
tons. from New Orleans, en- route TO Bar
Celona.
Bark Cabieces, AS tons prabably at Car
thagena.
Tank steamer Cadagua. L. .o69 tons. from
London en- route TO Batoum.
Bark Carlos r. Rosas, s99 tons, left Mon
tevideo March Is FOR Cuba.
Steamship Cieufuegos. 1.l39 tons, from
New York. en- route to Cuba.
left Dunkirk, Scotland, April 4.
Bark COnsUela. 4s3 tons, from Santos, en-
route to New Brunswick.
Steamship Francesca, l.76S tons, from
Pensacola, en- route to Liverpool
Steamship, Gallego. l.6l5 tons from New
Orleans spoken off Florida April 9.
Steamship Gracia, 2.02i tons, from Pen
sacoia April Is en- route to Liverpool.
Steamship Gran Antilla, 229i tons, from
Barcelona. en- route to Havana, passed
Gibraltar April >.
Steamship Guido. 2.065 tons. from Liver
pool April ,, en- route TO Havana, passed
Corunna April 9.
Steamship Ida. l.244 tons, from Galveston
April = en- route to Havre.
Bark Jamie Mir, f25 tons, probably at
Havana.
Bark Jose Fargas. 7el tons. from Bruns-
wick March Is. Ell route to Valencia.
Brig Joyen Antonio, 337 tons, probably
at Havana.
Steamship Leonora, L765 tons. probably
at Havana.
Barkerune Lorenzo 2S7 tons. probably
Steamship Madrileno 2.024 tons. proba-
bly, at Havana.
Bark Marie Teresa. 2s2 tons. probably
al MonteVideO.
Steamship Mexico 1896 tons. en- route to
Vera Cruz, April Is
Steamship Miguel Joved. 2.5=4 tons. in
New Orleans April Is.
Steamship Montserrat. 1883 tons. from
Las Palmas April u, en- route to Havana.
Brig Nueyitas, l69 tons, probably at Ha-
Nana.
Bark Pablo Sensat, 59S tons, probably at
Havana.
Steamship PauIina, 1874 tons, from San
tander April s. en- route to Porto Rico.
Steamship Pedro, ,S92 tons. from Ant
werp March p en- route to Santa Cruz
Pensacola and return.
Steamship Pho TX, 265S tons. probably
at Havana.
Steamship Puerto Rico, La tons from
New Orleans April l6, en- route to Bar
celona.
Steamship Rita. !. .iG5 tons. from Santan-
der April l3 en- route to Porto Rico
Steamship San Augustin, LISA tons from
Havana April G, en- route to Colon.
Steamship Santo Domingo, at Progresso, !
Mexico. repairing en- route to New York
Steamship Santiago &c Cuba. So tons.
probably at Manzanila or Cienfuegas
Steamship Saturnina, 1S26 tons. from 1
Sagua April 9, en route to St. Jajo
Steamship Sierra, LAS tons, from San 4
tander April 13, en- route to Havana.
Brig Soberano, 81 tons, probably at
Montevideo
Steamship Telesfora. 266S tons. arrived /
Galveston April 10; departure unknown.
Bark Nerdad 43S tons, from Brunswick /
April l6, en- route to Santa Cruz.
Steamship Wilma. 1888 tons. from Cor 1
unna April >. en- route TO Havana.
The capture of the Spanish ship Buena
Ventura. by the Nashville NAV nor be |
long unavenEed. No less than fifteen
American vessels are either due to ar
rive or are now loaded and ready to sail .
at the ports Of BuenOs Ayres. Montevi- /
dec and Rio Grande de Sui.
Somewhere off the coast OF Argentina
supposedly near MOntevideO. the Spanish [
torpedo guHboat Temerario is lurking
about, waiting for a chance to strike "A
blow at the American merchant marine.
She knows ere this Of the declaration of
war and her officers and crew viii be on
the qm vive 10 sink or capture and make
prizes OF all the defenseess American
ships they can overhaul.
The Temerario is not large vessel but
she has great speed and carries formid-
able armament aside from her torDpdo
tubes. She is 1870 feet long. measures 40
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 one
machine gun. Her hun is Of steel and
she carries n crew OF nearly two hundred
men. She was built in Carthagena in 1889.
and developed 2o.5 knots speed on her
trials.
Though coal is adjudged contraband of
war by European nations. the Temerar,O !
will have no trouble in filling her bunkers
whenever she needs TO do so at any OF
the Portuguese Of Span lsh- American porss
along the South American cast
All the American ships reported due I'm |
these waters are sailing ships. None could
hope to outrun the feet gunboat-not one
could make the slightest Resistance 10