The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-20

development. which later resulted In the
establishment OF the torpedo station ~
Newport. 1l~<1 n
Naval Officers have become a. fully
WIN torpedo tactics as they
are with ~seirnanship. sunnery and 9TH
er requirements of their profession. The
school for defensive torpedoes Is at Will
let's point. N. Y. h institution was
the idea Of u Is controlled by the Wal
department.
The following is a list OF vessels de-
stroyed by mines and torpedoes In the
past SO years:
1862. Dec. l2.-United States ironclad
Cairo sunk in ~ minutes by stationary
torpedoes In Yazoo river; first vessel
destroyed by torpedoes in the civil war
or any other war.
1868. July 22.-United States ironclad
gunbOat Baron DE Kalb sunk In ID min
utes by submarine mine In Yazoo river.
1854. Feb. 1T.-United States frigatq
Housatonic sunk at Charleston. A SUBJ
marine boat was used, and she ran into
the suction hole made by her torpedo
going down with the ship.
1864. April limited States transport
Maple Leaf sunk by floating torpedo in
st. Johns river,S Florida.
1864. April 15.-United States armored
snip E1hSlpDft runh III ~
submarine mine.
1854, May 6.-United states gunboat
Commodore Jones destroyed In James
river by an electric torpedo.
1864, May 9.-United States transport
III. A. Wood destroyed by submarine
mine I'm st. Johns river, Florida.
1864, June 19.-United States transport
Alice Wood destroyed by submarine
mine in st. Johns river, Florida.
1864, Aug. 5.-United States monitor
Tecumseh sunk in Mobile bay. the ship
disappearing almost simultaneously.
The captain and 70 of the crew were
lost.
1864, Oct. 27.-Only Union torpedo sue
c IS of the civil war, Cushing's destruc-
tlon of the ram Albemarle near Plym-
outh, N. c., with the Wood and Lay dis
connecting spar torpedo.
1864. Nov. 27.-United States transport
Greyhound destroyed by a coal torpedo
in the James river.
1864. Dec. s.-United States gunboat
Narcissus destroyed by q submarine
mine in Mobile bay.
1864. Dec. 9.-Unfted States steamers
Otsego and Bazeby destroyed IN the
Roanoke river.
1865. lam. 15.-United States monitor
Patapsco. Lieutenant w. T.. Sampson
commanding, completely destroyed ny
a barrel torpedo in the attack ON
charleston, sinking in a few minutes
sixty-two men and officers were drown
ed.
1895. March Limited States steamer
Harvest Moon destroyed near George
town.
1865. March 4.-United States trans
port Thorne destroyed by submar1ne
mine in Cape Fear river.
1865. March 12.-United States gunpoas
Althea destroyed by submarine mine IN
Biakeiy river
1863. March 2s.-United States monitor
Milwaukee destroyed by . MARI
mine In Blakely river.
1865. March 29.-United States monitor
Usage destroyed by q drifting torpedo
In Blakely river. .
1865. April Limited States gunboat
lRodolph destroyed by q submarine mine
in Blakely river.
1855. April 13.-United States gunbcat
Ida destroyed by q submarine mine In
Blakely river.
1865. April 14--United States gunboat
Scioto destroyed by q mari Doas
in Mobile bay.
1866. May 12.-United States transport
r.. b. Hamilton destroyed by submarine
mine in Mobile bay.
1866, Sept. 2.-Paraguayans completely
destroyed the Brazilian ironclad wal
steamer Rio Janeiro at Currupaity
Paraguay. by a stationary torpedo.
1877. May 6.--Turkish monitor Dubs
Safe sunk by a Russian torpedo boat g
Machines in the Danube.
1877. Oct. 10.-Turkish gunboat Suns
sunk at the Russian attack on Suiins
by sinking an electric contact MINI
placed by the Russians about three
quarters of a mile above the Turkish
defenses; is officers and men killed and
wounded.
ISIS. Jan. 25.-Turkish revenue steam
err sunk at Batum by Russian torped'
boat armed with the Whitehead fish tor
pedo. ~
1880. June. - Chilean torpedo boat
Janequeo and Guacolda attacked thre
large Peruvian ~guardboats In the ba1
of Callao: one Peruvian boat M tn
Janequeo sunk by the explosion OK IN
latter's torpedo.
1880, July 3.--Peruvians destroyed IN
Chilean transport Loa' in the bay o
Callao by means Of a coast lin vesse
set adrift carrying provisions and
box with 300 pounds of dynamite. TIL
vessel was taken alongside the Loa an
exploded while being unloaded. In
captain and some 100 men OF the 10
persisted. !.
1884. Aug. 23.-French destroyed .
spar torpedo at Fuchau, China, IN
Chinese corvet Yung Woo.
1885. Feb. 15.-French sank the Cnl
nese frigate Yu Yuen by two spar to'
pedo boats. while the frgate was
anchor at Sheipu, China.
1891. April 23.-Balmacedists torpee
gunboats Lynch and Cardell hred nv
torpedoes, 100 to 200 yards, at Congre'
sionalist ship Blanco E~ncRlada. at AZ
Choir, one cloudy moyning before daw
In caldera bay, Chile. M ship SAN
The Lynch was hit four times, but n
damaged. M.r
IRE 1893, April Is. = Peixottoists' torpec
~, gunboat sampaio and three torpef
EN- boats fired four torpedoes' lSo ysr'
nal range. at Melloists' ship Aauidaoa
Ike at anchor at night of Santa Caterin
lei Rrazil. The Aquidaban n The san