HP»§*ecent HaTsU D»Mter "

Feilding Star, 27 June 1893, Page 2

HP»§*ecent HaTsU D»Mter "

* 1 || %■« PMBS AfISOCIATIO*). •"« ... ■*&*& Lohww, JuaeSß* In the HonA of Lords to-day, Bar! Spencer, First Eord of the Admiralty, in referring to the Mediterranean iisMtar, eulogised the eondnet of Admiral Tryon. The Qaeen hes expressed amfcaad grief at the eatMtrophe. Nobody was hnrt on the Camperdown. Thirty-eight officers ot Ihe Victoria ware drowned, and eighteen saved. All the engine-room staff perished. Only bmb on deck were saved. _ fleet, while manoeuvring, was divided into two aotnaans^ihe Adn*a»r aa« ffce Viee Admiral leading in thdrVeapWre ships foiled, and lad to The Victoria was virtaaDy cut in two aft of the barbette, and most of tha erew were rooked down. In the House of Commons. in>fWbarinff to the ai^Msr, X<*| t£*&MmpXcZ said the crew of the unfortunate watanip wsre tha piek and flower of tha British navy. The turret ship Victoria was lannofaaj in 1687, and aamai in boMoaV at'flsr Majesty's Jnbileo. Bhe carried two 110---ton jrnns in a single turret forward offee barbette, capable of being fired ahead, and within an are of IM< degrees, die* charging projectiles of 1800 pound* with mazimnm ahatgas of 4joq pannsV; «l 80-ton gun abaft the s«Aat«e7 firfej astarn and on either quarter; twelve 6in 6toa gone i. tha U*aa»; tWeWe 6 pounder and nine 8 pounder quick fir* ing( P ms(goV»lnds«> J rf^rlo<|^l,^,' •aswae nMMVisjs- Masuanv ' gtns for ?*&* -aummtUm, This stupendous figfefeg maaUnawMl of 660 offloers and pas fW ■■■■■: seems to have Wan larga^ ioenaSl since 1888, when thaat^Medan wSn given), of whoa» fl6 wB W stokers, engineers and other ndsVcKMiffialaiils. According to tha naval «atiajMlßß.' sbr 1888 89, her total cost, ittetafing imD, machinery and gnns, is Jtt&UH*.' The Vietoria was on* of! iintf ahips in the British nayy carrying HO ton guns, the other two Wing 4»T*m»<f*Jildk thaßenbow. Gum approaafasna; &kif traordinary stse are to tin iiantailfUi. the French and Italian «avlsa> irhtsil have three ships each wit^ 1M ton m Jaaete. Intense pobHe grief u ttr|nrti l tt etftj loss of the Victoria. ' ' i 1 Lady Tryan beW a rMii|ielai#iT>aiti l»y «a*t. Th* Pria«e ef VaUa. eka> Duke of York, sad the D«kae*XoW, burgh called so4 «o«d.akA- AjC. Lord Camngtvn eoawytai tie Qveaa's deep regrets. • - . The collision occurred «•' 0 •'doek eW Thursday afteroooa, tiavea aflaa aft Tripoli. It u stated that the T tatoria's stearag Ra»r was w«ak, and exswfts btli«ve 4** the Csmperdown ripped the whole stiif> board side oat of the V krtena, aad thos prevented (h nevtralisat l>ib# dosing of her Imlkheads, eausjng b«r to oapsise. Tha few bodies reoo wed have beta baried with nspteaava liojmts ia Tripali. I Sari Dudley has endowed a tiinsfcl bad with CIOW in gxatitoa's |of^£ brothers escape. - '"■ • Ftf The Queen, in her letter, states that her heart bleeds for tke auß?.&aaMi plunged into mouramr by deep anfiotiom and dreadful aiiafortunja. The Emperor of Qetnsaay wired that word* cannot express Ku grief at the loss of so aobie as adaainl and so tae« afcip. He has oideiwi all tke Oaman varaaiaa to fly the Brituk aadl tha Gorman flsjs at half-mast. Tha disaster create j i—miisa papam tton in America, and t he Union lack ms lowered at half mast « it the Chicago Exhibition. •