New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
WON. N SAILORS.
Some Romantic Stories from Naval History
Two Famous Nautical He1oines.

Among the many aspects OF oldtine sea life which
the student OF naval history chances upon in his
searches. is more curious and none more ro-
mantle than the records which are frequently mot
with of women, says The London Globe" They
divided into two classes, those who went to sea
by permission with their husbands who In the
hour of battle to the occasion and did yeoman
service behind the guns. and those who for one
reason and another donned male costume and en-
listed In the ordinary way. In the prosaic times
In which live 1t IS wellnign impossible for any
romantic girl TO get to sea in a man-oI-War'
though in a recent novel the lady correspondent
of a daily paper is made 10 attend man9uvres and
some terrible complications follow her incurs!ons
into tactics and strategy Up TIL the middle OF
the last century, however, 1t was no uncommon
thing for captains and gwen seamen to take their
wives TO sea 1t is recorded that at the battle OF
Camperdown a woman assisted in firing the gun
where her husband quartered and stuck grmly
TO her post until. with one leg shot or and the
other wounded. she was carried below TO the sur
eeon's
A curious case arose the result of women
beinp present at Trafalgar In the official record
of the applicants for the naval war medal In 1871
occurs the entry, Jane Townshend, OF MS MAJ
estys ship Defiance Sir Byam Marta Mar a m6a
were present at the action should nave nave "a 9 :,
lie adds ''As this woman produces IRON we t tap
tain the Defiance strong and hgny M ,o
she is fully entitled to medal Ad5er thn tnr'ee t6e
consideration hoTeveai ,oHed was there were many
ynnna, In the feet equally useful and 1t Will leave
the Admiralty exposed to lnnunleraDle appe o
Of the same nature" The state of things in some some
of our llen-ot-war in tnat time may De s saeno' 60 60
from an entry the diary OF hSaVai SUI go,
the period He tells that when the Maghasitre'
of 750 men, ordered to be repaifeu
mouth her crew were turned over 10 tne Sdh
hJrv but no shore leave was given, periilsson o ne
ing accorded instead for the mems wives 10 colt S
on board In consequence the consumption ion oa u
beer was SO large that the purser had 10 eh.er on
comnlaint The admiral ordered the denlaieSs OF on
hoard To be mustered and there were 4sl OF ueii,
They an declared themselves narIlea wUIhu.;, ~
,vere acknowledged by the sailors as tiieii VIZ
r,ro Cf tbe most nautical
NJ hnne talbot and Hannah Smell Inc me
former served many years IN loa sa7 nar yy.rant
ed Ia her for wounds received IN actloh t'ain' i
SMELL was q Royal Marine, ana her Hleinoi yc,s
honored by the Sea Regiment to this oay. S SliS
70 portsmouth enlisted in the marines anu WShc ,n
ont TO the East in the SWdiloW sioop.
yHas sounded at the siege OF PondcnerT!' iiio Ie
mained i'm hospital three months without neL seA
haine discovered In 1850 she returned to Engiand
was pensoned off, and then announces ilei ..u,a
She continued. however to wear .tn 1haie d and
down the day of her dealh W Wi't nbe AIDED to
her income by appearing the stage, sihsiiS
song and doing military exercises hepecca fAtie t
Johnson another female sailor, VINO Hseu Oh t,,0 @
herited her seafaring instincts. for ner mo.ne,
fought and fell at Copenhagen uhoed >sau ss ,t a1
her father also was a sailor. She was fouho our;
however, after serving seven years a. oea, %
vomrp seaman named Wadde, of the OxfoTd
when ordered receive two dozen lasnss aSi ., ee
seron, found TO be girl ,Iii Se dSGta 1p wan
she was In love with to be on Doaru Ina. sii,p r
When she found he not she had oesesteo IN
stead OF being lashed she was presenter py III. s,Ie
the hat round and she was 81 ven enough 10 'aks
her back to Hull, her native town