Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

In l777 or 1878. was lost without {
trace.
The Pickering, a brig OF "A guns
weighing 1877 tons and carrying {
crew or ninety men, sailed from
Newcastle, Del, al August 20. 1900
in command Of Lieut. b. Hiilar
Bound for the Guadaloupe station
she never was heard from that date
II being believed that she floundereC
ia an equln0ctlal gale IN September
mat same year.
The Insurgent. which had beer
captured from the French in 177'
by the y. y. s. Constellation, SAILED
from Hampton roads on August 5
1900, for "A cruise In the West Indies
She also is believed TO have gone
down with her crew OF $40 men IL
one OF the equInoxlal gales tina
caused the Pickering to go under
The Wasp, with lA0 men, undel
command Of Commander Johnston
bIakcly engaged and captured or
September /, 1914, the British brlJ
Atlanta. A Swedish brig reported
having spoken to her three week,
after that date. but no further new.
over was had about her. She In sup,
posed to have floundered in gale
The Hamilton. one OF Commodor,
Chauncey's squadron on Lake On
tario. capslzed on the night OF
August 10, 1913, while trying tC
weather the enemy's squadron,
IAN hands" says the officIaI
chronicle. ARE supposed TO have
been at quarters"
The Epervier. n ship OF Is guns
and Il complement OF 1928, captured
from the British by the T. s s. Pea
cock, sailed from Glhralter for this
country on july 4, 1915. She last
was seen by merchant vessel on
August IA in mid-Atlantic.
The Lynx, a schooner Of three
guns with 90 men on board, com
manded by Lieut. j. II, Madison,
sailed from St Marys, Fla, for ia.
last was sighted on January 22 that
year.
The Wildcat. with three guns and
81 men, commanded by Lieut. j. h,
Legare, sailed from Cuba for Key
West in 1924. She is supposed to
have gone ashore on Carysfort reef
as an armchtE-and other. .wreckage
from 1.-The vessel later were found
there.
Armed with ls guns and carrying
n crew Of 40 men, the Hornet, with
Commander OthO Norris as skipper,
floundered In n gale off Tampico on
september 10, 1929, with a loss OF
all hands.
Tho Sylph, n small naval schooner,
also is believed to have floundered
u few years later as she never was
heard Of after her departure from
port
The Sea Gun, which left Orange
harbor for Valparaiso In company
with the Flying Fish on April 2S,
1899, lost her consort one night and
Is believed to have sunk ina severe
gale. from which the Flying Fish
took refuge under false Cape Horn.
The Grampus, a schooner OF 12I
guns, sailed from Charleston, s. c.,
about March IA, fS43, and was due
At Norfolk, Va, between the Sth and
18th OF April. In June the navy de-
partment abandoned all hope for
her safety
AN VNAANi obAlt a 6NfhIlNl tIBdhtu
In the coast survey, was lost near
-he Straits OF Magellan in 1850.
The Albany a sioop- p-of-war with
10 men under command OF Com
nander ]. T., Gerry. Sailed from AS
,tnwall on September 80, 1854, for
lew York. After n long walt the
teamers Princeton and Fulton were
ent in search OF her, but no trace
yer was discovered
The Levant also sioop-of- war
With 2le men under Captain Will
am Hunt. departed from Hilo In
he Sandwich Islands on September
s. 1860. Vessels Of the Pacific
luadron searched for her many
lonths, but the only traces ever
ound were an oar and broken spar,
elieved to have belonged to her.
The only case in recent years of a |
avail vessel, other than the Cyclops, |
from the face of the |
IA is the tug Nina, which officially
as declared lost by the department
n March Is, 1910. She is believed
} have tloundered with all hands in
gale off tho Atlantic coast.
Naval annals also contains the
riof notation telling OF the loss OF
he Reprtsal in 1877, This brig,
htch was the first American, war
'ssel to visit Europe and which car
ed across BENJAMIN Franklin soon
tivr de Declaration OF Independ-
ice, went down on the Newfound-
nd banks. The cook, proverbially,
as the sole survivor.