The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-13
SPORTS

From the records Of the Navy Dc partment there has been compiled a
 list of naval vessels which sailed and then went down in the oceans nav without leaving soul to tell the story, aside from the Cyclops, the latest victim.
 The Saratoga, ship of IS guns, commanded by Captain John Young,
 was lost at sea with all on biard in March, 17S1.
 A few years later, the General Gates, also ship of Is guns, built
 in 1777 or IT'S, was lost without a trace.
 The Pickering, brig of If guns, weighing 1S7 tons and carrying a crew of 90 men, sailed from New Castle, Del, on August 20, command ed by Lieut.. B. Hillar, bound for the Guadoloupe station. She never was
 heard from that date, it being be-
 lieved that she foundered in an equinoxial gale in September the
 same year.
 The Insurgent, which had been ] captured from the French in 1779 1 by the U. s. s. Constellation, sailed
 from Hampton Roads on August 8, 1900 for a cruise in the West Indies. She also is believed to have gone down with her crew of $40 men in
 one of the equinoxial gales that caus-
 ed the Pickering to go under.
  command of Commander Johnston
 Blakely, engaged and captured on September 1, 1874, the British brig Atlanta. A Swedish Brig reported
 having spoken to her three weeks af-
 ter that date, but no further news
 ever was had about her. She is
 supposed to have gone down ill a gale. The Hamilton, one of Commodore Chauncey's squadron on Lake On
 tario, capsized on the night of Aug
 ust TO- 1913 while trying to weather
 the enemy's squadron. All hands" says the official chronicle are sup posed to have been at quarters" The Epervier, ship of Is guns
 and complement of 12S captured from the British by the U. s. S. Peacock, sailed from Gibraltar for this country on July 4th, 1915. She last was seen by a merchant vessel )n August 14 in mid-Atlantic. The Lynx, schooner of 2 guns with 50 men on board, commanded by Lieut. J. R. Madison, sailed from St. Marys, Fla. for Jamaica on New Years Day 1891. She last was sighted on January 22 of that year. The Wildcat with three guns and 31 men, commanded by Lieut.. J. E. Legare. sailed from Cuba for Key West in 1924 She is supposed to nave gone ashore on Carysfort reef, as an armchest and other wreckage from the vessel later were found there.
 Armed with IS guns and carrying I crew of 40 men, the Hornet, with Commander Otho Norris as skipper. foundered in gale off Tampico on Sept. 10, 1929, with a loss of all hands.
 The Sylph, a small naval schooner, also is believed to have gone down a few years later as she never was heard from after her departure from porA
 The Sea Gull, which left Orange
 Harbor for Valparaiso in company with the Flying Fish on April 2S, 1889, lost her cOnsort one night and is believed to have sunk in a severe gale. from which the Flying Fish took refuge under False Cape Horn The Crampus, schooner of 12 guns, sailed from Charleston. s. C.. about March IA, 1S43 and was due at Norfolk, Va, between the 8th and 18th of April. In June. the Navy Department abandoned all hope for her safety.
 The Jefferson. a steamer engaged in the Coast Survey. was lost near the Straits of Magellan in 1850. The Albany. a sloop-of-war with 210 men under command of Com
 mander J. T. Gerry, sailed from As pinwall on September 29. 1343 for New York After a long rait, the
 steamers Princeton and Fulton were
 sent in search of her. but no trace ever was discovered. The Levant. also sloop-of-war