... and the ships lost sight of each other. Throughout Monday, the 6th, and Tuesday, tl:e 7th, the Pavonia was in a desperate condition with all her boilers adrift and rolling about in Rue hold. Then there seemed very little hope of saving the ship, but the ...

... LOST CRUISERS OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. TWO SHIPS LOST IN SAVING LIFE. The total number of officers aid nsen ask pounced as say d from the cruisers Rogue. Cressy. and Aboukir is 837. made up as follows : Officers. Men. Mogue Aboukir l7 235 ...

... accident. All ships are ordered to keep a good look-out, and to have a boat ready all the time to assist in ease of need. On the day of the review, before the King draws near, the order to Man Ship will be signalled. The yards of masted ships will then be ...

... The number of lives lost was 266'2, but no accurate estimate can be formed of the value of the enormous amount of property which went down to the bottom of the sea in the lost vessels. The majority of the lives were lost in ships which were never heard ...

... week of last year—wrecks, 2e, ; total for year, 675 ; off British coasts, 8; by collision, •1; lives lost, 95. TRAINING SHIPS —The five naval training ships are at present crowded beyond precedent, especially the two establishments at Devonport. Boys are ...

... which, for the purposes of the svolutions, was supposed to be protecting the British coast. Our imaginary defenders lost five scouting ships, besides a couple of gunboats which fell into the hands of the attacking fleet earlier on. and in addition to seventeen ...

... give the slightest Ware el the aiweli. takes by the meadow Aar he Mt the eleieley Geed Ceeere. genet ea the Twee the lost .1 the ships eat pith, hien being closed ea the *web wield be tree boss the Welk that ea westrvise seven o'clock ; bat It ellseit ...

... 1672. were lost in 125 ships; 83 of them wens hden tweets, 39 were Trawls in ballad, an I in 3 cases it is not known whether the sorrels were laden or light. 102 of these Alps were mann!, het, and 23 austeined partial damage. Of the 590 lives lost, 4 , 7 ...

... olio leaves a widow and one child ; and Charles Mo Gill, of Carrick Fergus, who leaves a widow, but no children, were lost. The ships in the harbour testified their respect for the lead by hoisting mourning colours, half-mast, on the Sunday. At the inquest ...

... aggregate Unitive of 9,300 tons, all being British stamen. Total tonnage lost for the weak 10,766 tons • total number of the, Met and missing Approximate . value of property lost, 027,000, ships being estimated at E 127,000, and produce at g900,C00, including ...

... why ehonl.l we not be interested In everything that relates to our ships, and fester everything t^ at tends to their improvement? Putting wee out of the question, we lost 00 war ships and 11,000 men In nine years, solely because we weir, content with ...

... that half the number of ships lost at sea were caused by overloading. Fourteen years ago a sham load line was adopted, and in that period over six thousand lives had been lost by overloading. Out of nearly nine thousand ships only twenty-three hundred ...