A MONITOR IN A GALE.
Hear- Admiral B. H. Poor informs the Navy Department of the United States, under date 26th December, off Key West, that the Severn, his flagship, in company with the Monitor Dicator, left Tybee Roads on Monday, 20fch December, for Key West. At first they had clear weather and smooth water, the Dictator, under the favorable circumstances, steaming seven knots an hour easily. The men were able to be about deck without any inconvenience. The next day the wind blew strong from the south-east, freshening gradually until a heavy sea commenced, which made constant breaches over decks of the monitor, the spray flying as high as the turret gallery. " The men wera unable to show themselves on deck. It would have been impossible to communicate with her, or render her any assistance, as a boat could not have approached Cape Carnarveral the weather moderated, and we availed ourselves of the opportunity of taking the Dictator in tow. More tfian half the time of the run, if any accident had happened to the monitor we could have done nothing excsptlay by her until the weather moderated. My experience is that a monitor should not be sent to sea, unless moderate win-Is and pleasant weather can be relied on."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 119, 19 May 1870, Page 7
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333A MONITOR IN A GALE. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 119, 19 May 1870, Page 7
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