Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15
THE name Of Devonport's new
cruiser Is not one OF the hap.
4 plest in our naval nnnals, al

cruiser Is not one OF the hap
pest In our naval annals. al
though there are few indeed
~ that can rivalsit in point of antiquity.
-Four hundred years ago--in 151l, to
be exact--Enslish shipping in the
Il North Sea suffered much annoyance at
the hands of one Andrew Barton, who
with Andrew Wood was one OF the
commanders of the fleet of James ~
OF Scotland. These men voyaged
under letters of marque and were re-
y markedly impartial in their attentions.
X However. the government of the day
Y took no notice of their dcpredations
\ and at last the earl of Surrey took
Il matters into his own hands, fitted out
two ships at his own expense and ser
hiB two sons---Lord Edward and Lord
81 Thomas Howard--tn command of
them. Barton had two ships with him,
but they were scattered by q storm.
i The Same thing happened to the How
ards ships, but in the end Lord Thorn
AS fell In with Barton himself and his
( brother with the other Scottish ship.
/. Stout fighters as the Scots We're, the
4 result of the actions was to add two
] ships to the navy of 1911. one Bar
tons own ship, the Lion. of 100 tons.
and the other tho Jenny Perwin. OF 10
the affair led to war and the battle or
I F'lodden King Hcnry's answer to
p James Tvs complaints of the attack
on Barton was to tho effect that
furnishing pirates was never held to
be breach Of the peace among
princes"
Curiously enough another Lion was
taken from the Scots in l5t7. but she
received such severe punishment at
the hands Of the Pansy that she sank
off Harwich before She could be car
ried into port
The first Lion actually built for the
navy dates from 1886 She was n YES
sci of 14o tons. but carried no fewer
than 80 guns. two of brass and 40 OF
Iron, but II is doubtful If any OF them
fired shot Of more than II pounds
weight. The heaviest naval gun III
use 80 years later fred n shot of only
66 pounds. and the Ark Royal, Of 500 |
tons. flagshipin the Armada campaign.
mounted only four of these. During
the next two centuries we find all |
sorts Of variations on the name which
Vtsconntcss Clifdcn gave to Devon-
ports cruiser recently.
There were RED Lions" white |
Lions. Golden Lions" Rose Lions
Two Lions' and whole broods of |
Lions Wheps." these last frequently |
built in patches and numbered like tho |
-, y. peu- p'h's " .touaS. among these. |
however, one particular Golden LION |
stands pre-eminent. She was built in |
1889 had tonnage OF 500 and was |
manned with crew of $50 men, 30 be-
Ing gunners, 10 soldiers and $50 ma
rners
Her armament consisted of so pieces
OF What In those days passed for ord
nance These were four "demi-can-
non," the weight of the gun being 1900 |
pounds and of It's shot 3OA pounds:
eight $500 pound ..clilverns," firing n
8117A pound shot; IA demi-culverlns,"
$500 pounds In weight and firing
nine-pound shot, and nine 1000 pound
sakers" with 2 five-pound shot. These
constituted the heavy armament In
addition there were eight 'fowlers," lG
fowler chambers and one "fnlcon."
The longest ranging gun was the demi-
culverin. which was effective at 20 |
score PAGES.
The Golden Lion is often referred to
without the gliding adjective, and when !
she was rebuilt in 1909 it was officially
discarded She sailed with Drake to
Cadiz in 1857 to SINCE the King OF |
SPANS beard. much against the inclin-
alton of the skipper. one William Bor-
cugh. "a distinguished navigator and
photographer. but no warrior" brakes
plans struck him ms purc madness and
he did little to further the operations.
%tT The result was that Borough was |
tried on board the Elizabeth Bonaven- |
3ture by primitive court martinl. and
sentenced to abide the pains of DEATH"
but he ontlived both the sentence and
his quarrel with Drake and command
ed the Bonavola against the Armada
In that fight the Lion was the second
flagship. having Lord Thomas Howard
as her commander.
e 1t was n now Lion that fought in the
battle Oft the North Toreland in 1853
Twenty years later her captain was
killed In the first battle of the "Schoon-
eveld. N Under Capt. John Torplny she
took part In the action against tho
French off Beachy Head IN 1880. whici.
brought so much contumely upon Tor
5rington, but the ship had the salts
faction of sharing in Russells great
victory mt Baflcur two years later. It
Is not until 1745 that we again find
Lion in action. This time, commanded
by Capt. Piercy Brett. she endcavored
10 prevent the fight of the young pre-
tender from Scotland to France. but the
Lion came off decidedly second best IN
the encounter and retired with IS
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