The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-05


The Pickering, brig of Ia guns,
weighing 1877 tons, and carrying a
crew of 80 men, sailed from New
castle, Del, on August 20, 1900, in
command of Lieut.. B. Hillar. Bound
for the Guardaloupe station, she new
err was heard from from that date, 1t
being believed that she foundered in
an equinoctical gale in September
that same year.
The Insurgent, which had been
captured from the French In 1779 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 equinoctial gales that caused the
Pickering to go under.
The Wasp, with 140 men under
command of Commander Johnston
Blakely, engaged and captured on
September /, 1914, the British brig
Atlanta. A Swedish brig reported hav,
ing spoken to her three weeks after
that date, but no further news ever
was had about her. She is supposed
to have foundered in 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 wealth
err the enemy's squadron.
"All hands," says the official chron-
icle, are supposed to have been at
quarters.
The Epervier, a ship of 10 guns
and complement of 1913, captured
from the British by the U. s. s. Pea
cock, sailed from Gibraltar for this
country on July 4, 1915. She was
last seen by a merchant vessel on
August IA in mid.Atlantic.
The Lynx, a schooner of 3 guns
with so men on board, commanded by
Lieut.. j. r. Madison, sailed from ST.
Marys, Fla, for Jamaica, on New
Years day. 1921 She last was
ed on January % that year.
The Wildcat, with guns and 81
men, commanded by Lieut. ]. E. LIE
gare, sailed from Cuba for Key West
in 1924 She is supposed to have
gone ashore on Carysfort reef, as an
armchest and other wreckage from
the vessel later were found there.
Armed with IS guns and carrying
crew of 40 men, the Hornet, with
Commander Ohio Norris as skipper
I foundered in gale off Tampico or
September 10, 1929, with loss of all
hands.
Naval Schooner Disappeared
The Sylph, small naval schooner
also is believed to have foundered {
few years later, as she never was
heard of after her departure from
port.
The Sea Gull, which left Orange
Harbor for Valparaiso in company
with the Flying Fish on April %, 1889
lost her consort one night and is be
lieved to have sunk in severe gale
from which the Flying Fish took ref
uge under false Cape Horn.
The Grampus, a schooner of twelve
guns, sailed from Charleston, S. G..
about March IA, 1S43, and was due
at Norfolk, Va, between the Sth and
18th of April. In June, the Navy De
partment abandoned all hope for hel
safety.
The Jefferson, a schooner engaged
i'll the coast survey, was lost neal
the Straits of Magellan in 1850.
The Albany, sloop-of-war with 21C
men under command of Commander
j. T. Gerry, sailed from Aspinwall on
September 20, 1854, for New York
After long wait, the steamers
Princeton and Fulton were sent in
search of her. but no trace ever was
discovered.
! The Levant, also a sloop-of-war
with 210 men under Captain William
Hunt, departed from Hilo in the Sand
witch Islands on September |, 1860
Vessels of the Pacific squadron
seached for her many months, but
oar and broken spar, believed to
have belonged to her.
The only case in recent years of a
naval vessel, other than the Cyclops
disappearing from the face of the
sea, is the tug Nina, which officially
was declared lost by the department
on March Is, 1910. She is believed
to have foundered with all hands in
a gale off the Atlantic coast.
Naval annals also contain the briei
notation telling of the loss of the Re