Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . sel Brooklyn saw what he thoughtwas a bark about twelve miles off on the morning ofJanuary lltli. The Xorthern vessel Hatteras, whichhad been a Delaware River steamer, was sent out tocapture the bark. The bark was really the allowed the Hatteras to chase him for twentymiles. The ca2:)tain of the Hatteras finally overtookhim and asked the name of his ship. Semmes said itwas the English war ship Petrel, and while the captainof the Hatteras was sending a small boat over to theAlabama, the latter swung around and opened fire onthe Hatteras and s
Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . sel Brooklyn saw what he thoughtwas a bark about twelve miles off on the morning ofJanuary lltli. The Xorthern vessel Hatteras, whichhad been a Delaware River steamer, was sent out tocapture the bark. The bark was really the allowed the Hatteras to chase him for twentymiles. The ca2:)tain of the Hatteras finally overtookhim and asked the name of his ship. Semmes said itwas the English war ship Petrel, and while the captainof the Hatteras was sending a small boat over to theAlabama, the latter swung around and opened fire onthe Hatteras and sank her in a few minutes. Semmessaved the crew of the Hatteras and took them awaywith him to Jamaica. The other Xorthern vessels,hearing the firing at sea, went out to find the Hatteras,but she was gone. After cruising all night theyfinally discovered her masts sticking out of the then went cruising off the northern coastof Brazil for two months, where he took many prizes,and then he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. The. THE GREAT BLOCKADE. 227 people there were very cordial to him, and made hisstay in that region pleasant. From there he went outin the Indian Ocean, and took several prizes in theEast Indies. He went clear to the China Sea, and thencame back to the Cape of Good Hope, and finallyarrived at Cherbourg, France, on June 11, his long cruise Semmes took sixty-nine prizes,fifty-three of which he destroyed. He always tookthe flags of the vessels he captured and placed them ina big bag as trophies. That bag was lost when theAlabama was sunk by the Kearsarge on June 19,18G1. The Kearsarge was lying off the town of Flushing,Holland, on Sunday, June 12, 1864, when her cap-tain, John A. Winslow, received a Paris telegramsaying that the Alabama had arrived at at once started for Cherbourg, and lay offthe harbor waiting for the Alabama to come had never fought a war ship in his cruising,and it was said that he would not do
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