The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-29
WHERE OLD SHIPS CO.
OCEAN GREVHoUNDs THAT ARE
JUNK NOW.

From the New York Mail and Express.
The question in the domestic world as to
where all the pins go has a companion in
the shipping world. which asks Where do
all the old ships go?" Thousands of them
have ended their days In the junk pile,
where their machinery and such brought
fairly good prices; but countless numbers
of the old ships that were famous on the
north Atlantic fifteen or twenty years ago
are still under sail earning crusts for their
owners, who are generally new and salts
fled with little from each voyage. To a
few only are these old-timers known, for
their names In most instances have been
changed and strange flags have taken the
place of the English or American ensign
which was their original color.
1t is a little more than a month since
the famous old Guion liner Alaska was
sold for comparatively small sum for
breaking-up purposes. Only eighteen
years ago this vessel was launched, and
early in the following year she became
prominent by breaking the record and
making the fastest transatlantic passage.
She earned for herself the title of ATTAIN
tic Greyhound" and was the first vessel
b W tNOuct the Trip across the ocean 10 I'M
der seven days. After that she perform
ed splendid service. for speed makes trade.
and for many years the Alaska was as
great favorite among tourists as the
big Oceanic is now The last five years she
lay idle in the Clyde and at last the
breakers-up gobbed her in.
Wonder of Strength.
The Arizona, sister boat to the Alaska,
Which also shared the record honors of the
early eighties, has been more fortunate In
the matter of self-preservation When the
United States government was looking
about for transports last year the Arizona,
then in the Pacific. became an object of
interest and was purchased. She is now
known as the Hancock. The Arizona was
one of the strongest ships ever turned cut
at an English yard. This was shown in a
number of ways, but never more wildly
than in November of 1879, when the ship
took refuge at st. Johns, n f., with bows
completely smashed and crumpled up al
most TO the collision bulkhead, the result
of a collision with an iceberg The Ari-
iona was on her homeward journey at the
time, and the collision bulkhead remained
intact, which alone saved the ship.
All craft are not quite so fortunate rs
the Arizona in drumming up trade after
years of service and being promoted to
the edifying field of carrying troops for
Uncle Sam. Take the old Dessovg
which was built for a steam yacht for the
Khedive, and which made herself famous
in transporting the Central Park obelisk
from Egypt to this country The Dessoug
is now a coal barge, one of the kind that
even salvage hunters would not waste
much time over if found adrift.
Monarch Liners Gone.
All the Monarch Line boats are either
in the scrap iron or travelling under new
names and registers. The Monarch Line
made quite dash twenty years ago and
promised for a time to run some Of the
older rivals cut of business. A great deal
of money was sunk in the pit, however
and the line finally ceased, the ships being
sold. One of them is now a sailing YES
sci, the May Flint, and a big lump of a
craft at that. She was the Persian Mon
arch and was converted into a sailing ship
after going ashore on Long Island. Since
she ended her steam days, the Persian
Monarch, or Flint. has been dismated, on
fire and sunk. She is paying dividends
now though The Adams purchased sew
eral other of the Monarch boats and they
are still running in the transa tlantic SER
vice and flying the Allan flag. The old
Grecian Monarch may not be distinguished
in the Pomeranian, but such she is. One
of the best known ships on the Atlantic
years ago, when there was big profit car
rying immigrants, was the City of New
York, of The Inman Line, the one that
stranded on the Irish coast. She comes into
this port every now and then but few
recognize her in the Norwegian, of the
Allsn-State service.
The famous old steamer Vanderbilt is
ending her days as a coal hulk This
craft, which was once the personal prop~
erty of President Lincoln, was sold for
$4,000 to firm that changed her name
to The Three Brothers. The purchasers
took out her machinery, which sold for
more than they paid for the entire vessel
and made a sailing ship of her She was
loaded with grain, and of all the fast ships
that in those days lay in San Francisco
bay there was none that could keep pace
with her TO European ports. She made
many trips, and at last was sold to the
British government. Thus Commodore
Nanderbilt's million-dollar gift to the Pres
ident is ending her varied career under
the Union Jack as coal hulk at Malta.
Some Well Preserved.
The Holland-American Line has in it's
service number of ships that are Just
as good now when, fifteen years ago
they aspired TO speed on the North At
lantic. Those who recall the Republic
of the White Star Line will find her In
the Maasdam of the Holland company
The Spaarndam was the Arabic, also be-
longing to the Oceanic Steam Navigation
Company, and the Veendam. which was
WnlCn
set all tongues aswagging when she came
out and lowered the crossing record to
nine and one-fourth days. Original identi-
fieation is lost except to few in the
Amsterdam, Werkendam, Rotterdam and
OLDHAM of the Holland Line, which were
formerly famous on the sea as the British
Crown, British King, British Empire and
British Queen. The Red Star Line also
has a number of vessels in its service that
were famous Cunarders In their day. The
Pennland, for instance, was the Algeria;
the Waesland. enlarged to twice her FORM
er size, was the Russia, and the iceland
was the Java.
Another crack Cunarder in her day dis
appeared from view last month when she
went around to Naples from England to
be broken up. This was the Tarifa. She
was sold to Italians who loaded her with
coal in England and sent her to the junk
shop in the Mediterranean. The Devonia
and Circassa. both of the Anchor Line
have also gone the same way; except that
Germans bought them to break them up.
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