An old engraving of the sinking of the USS Merrimac on 2 June 1898 in the harbour of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. It is from a Victorian history book of USS Merrimac was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as ‘Solveig’ for Norwegian owners, and renamed ‘Merrimac’ when a US shipowner acquired her in 1897. In 1898 Merrimac was commissioned into the United States Navy as a collier for the Spanish–American War. Spanish Navy ships sank her when she tried to trap them in the harbour of Santiago de Cuba. It was the only American ship that the Spanish Navy that was sunk in that war.
An old engraving of the sinking of the USS Merrimac on 2 June 1898 in the harbour of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. It is from a Victorian history book of USS Merrimac was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as ‘Solveig’ for Norwegian owners, and renamed ‘Merrimac’ when a US shipowner acquired her in 1897. In 1898 Merrimac was commissioned into the United States Navy as a collier for the Spanish–American War. Spanish Navy ships sank her when she tried to trap them in the harbour of Santiago de Cuba. It was the only American ship that the Spanish Navy that was sunk in that war.
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Location: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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License: Licensed
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