THE MISSING WARSHIP.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright
New York, Jan. 29. A boat, believed to be one of the Condor’s, has drifted ashore at Vancouver.
The- British war sloop Condor, winch it is feared has been 10-t on the voyage from Esquimault to Honolulu, is a screw sloop of 980 tons, with engines of 1100 horse-power. She was one of the vessels on the Facific Station, for which she was commissioned on November Ist 1900. The keadqmrters of this station are at Esquimti.it, British Columbia. Captain Clifton Sclater was the commander of the ship The Condor was one of the vessels which took part m tiie bombardment of Alexandria in the eighties. She was commanded by Lord Charles Beresford (then Captain), who ran right close under the forts and bomlarded them energetically. “ Weil done, Condor,” was signalled to her aPec the bombardment by the Admiral; who highly praised the pluck of the Condor’s commander and crew.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 January 1902, Page 2
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