CAPTAIN OF THE ORTEGA
RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SEEVICE CROSS. London, March 5. _ The King gave an audience to and presented. Captain Kinneir, of; tho steamer; Ortega, with the Distinguished Service Cross. . [In November last, the Admiralty commended the remarkable exploit of Captain D. lt. Kinneir in saving the steamer-Ortega from capture at the end of September. A cruiser of the Dresden class sighted the Ortega at the western entrance to .the Straits of Magellan. The Ortega's speed is fourteen knots and that of the cruiser at, least twenty-one. Captain Kinneir called for volunteers to assist in stoking, and put the Ortega afc eighteen- knots' speed. She headed for Nelson'B strait. - .The cruiser kept firing her two heavy bow guns, without result, and the Ortega entered a 6trait where the cruiser jdid not dare to follow, as it is entirely uncharted, is narrow and tortuous, and bristling with reefs. By sending boats ahead and sounding 'every yard, Captain Kinneir was able to rea*h Smyth's Chanrel unharmed. In addition to the vessel, he saved 300' French reservists who were aboard. The Ortega is a twin-screw vessel of 8075 tonsT built in 1906 for tho Pacific Steam- Nwaatio&CQffißaiil^
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2403, 8 March 1915, Page 6
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194CAPTAIN OF THE ORTEGA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2403, 8 March 1915, Page 6
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