HAVANA HARBOUR MINED.
Spain has been during the last eighteen months preparing the har* hour of Havana for defence, the gunpointing towards the course from Key West. Warships bave an anchorage where the water is deepest. Tbey enter by the narrow, tortuous channel, pass under the frowning heights of Moro and Cabanas, and reaching a certain locality beyond tbe Custom-house, drop anchor. Further in is the Spanish navy yard. It is no secret that the Spanish authorities have been planting tnpedoes in the harbour to supp;. mant the defensive works of the big new guns. The navy yard is whore these torpedoes have been propared.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18980428.2.9.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1898, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
105HAVANA HARBOUR MINED. Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1898, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in