The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 03, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
ALABAMA OF l'KKSKXT WAIi.
German Vessel Operating in Orien
Recalls Wandering Civil War Boat.
The Alabama of the present wa
is the best description of the Ger
man cruiser Emden. which until de
stroyed recently by an Australia]
battleship, had been operating in th
waters of the Orient for many weeks
declares the New York Times. Dis
appearing from sight after the decla
ration of war, she was not hear<
from for six weeks. Then, startin;
from th9 China waters, she steamei
in tne cay OI Dengai, auu ucmcci
the 10th and 14th of September shi
captured and sank six British mer
chantmen. Several of these vessel
were of considerable tonnage am
some of them were bound for thi
United States.
Not confining herself to action
against the merchant vessels of thi
enemy, the Emden shelled Madra
on September 22. and sank tw<
British oil steamers. At Pondicher
rv, on September 24, she sank fou
other vessels and captured a collier
; transferring its cargo to her owi
coal bunkers.
Those who have followed the his
tory of the sea and the doings o
privateers thereon were wonderinj
if the Emden could equal the fea
performed by the Alabama in ou:
own civil war. The Alabama, hav
ing no port of her own, but securinj
aid from British vessels, manage*
to wreck considerable damage oi
the shipping of the United States foi
22 months of her career as a priva
teer. Like the Alabama the Emdei
took provisions and coal from hei
prizes and whatever supplies sh<
- ?* *** 1
needed, She was a swm vessel, ue
ing able to make 24 knots. She was
a 6hip of 3,500 tons, her engines de
veloped 15,000-horse power, hat
armored sides and wireless tele
graph, either to summon help or tc
discover facts of advantages in hei
operations.
In comparison with the size of th<
Emden the Alabama was a pygmy
She was a boat of 1,040 tons, 21 (
feet long, 300-horse power and stor
age for on'y 350 tons of coal. Sh<
had a speed under steam alone o
12 knots, but had sails to help this
when the wind was favorable. Hei
beam was 32 feet and she requirec
17 feet of water.
Built for Confederate Government.
The Alabama was an Englisl
ship, having been built by the Laird:
of Birkenhead, England, for th<
Confederate States government.
The Alabama was put into commis
sion Sunday, August 21, 1862. Th?
crew as first shipped numbered 8<
men, but this wa6 increased later b]
selection from the crews of th<
prizes. For 22 months the vessel
built for speed rather than for bat
tie, swept from the seas the mer
chant vessels of the United States.
One of the best accounts of tin
cruise cf the Alabama is that of Johr
Mcintosh Kell, her executive officer
Capt. Kell served in the United State:
navy for 20 years before the civi
war, and served with distinction ir
the Mexican war. He was one oi
Commodore Perry's officers in th<
Paraguay expedition. Capt. Seinmes
was also an officer of the Unitec
States navy. He served in the Mexican
war, and commanded the bri|
Sommers in the blockade of Vers
Cruz, and lost, that vessel in chost
during a porther and narrowly escaped
drowning After the Mexican
war he studied law, paying particular
attention to the internationa
branch, and was admitted to the bai
of Alabama, his native State.
"The eleventh day after going into
commission we captured our first
prize, not 100 miles from where w?
hoisted our flag." writes Capt. Kell
describing his experience on the Ala
bama. "After working around the
Azores for some weeks we shaped
our course for Sandy Hook. But we
encountered frequent gales off the
Newfoundland banks, and on the
11th of October lost our mainyard
in a cyclone. Being considerablj
shaken up we decided to seek a milder
latitude. Running down to the
? Winward Islands, we entered the
Caribbean Sea.
"Our prizes gave us regularly the
mails from the United States, froir
which we gathered the fitting out ol
the army under Gen. Banks for the
attack on Galveston and the invasior
of Texas, and the day on which the
fleet would sail."
"With this knowledge to help hin
Capt. Semmes decided to attack the
fleet of transports when it was an
chored in the open roadstead before
Galveston. Instead of the transports
the Alabama discovered nve vessel:
' of war anchored there. One of then
stood out to investigate the A'aba
ma. The Confederate privateei
drew it away from the rest of tin
fleet and about dark engaged witl
her and in 1 minutes had sunk tin
Hatteras, a United States war ves
sel.
Alabama's Ceaseless 0|>erati<>ns.
After this encounter the Alabam;
cruised in the South Atlantic, pick
ing tip prizes wherever they couh
be found and sinking many vessel:
flying the United States flag. Afte
a few weeks there the privateer passed
over to the Cape of Good Hope
1 and spent much of the time dodging Ct
the I'nited States steamer Yandet
biIt. which was on its track. The
r Alabama to shake off its pursuer
" held its course for the Orient and
" continued its operations in the China
1 Sea, where it was least expected, and da
e where the Emden is now operating.
'? In a few weeks she cleared the East- an
~ ern seas of United States merchant re
vessels. w<
* Capt. Kell, describing this part of th
5 the voyage, writes: "We ran down Fl
^ to Singapore and coaled ship, and
i then turned westward through the mi
e Straits of Magellan, across to India,
~ thence to the east coast of Africa.
s Passing through the Mozambique
* Channel we again touched in at the A1
e Cape of Good Hope, and thence th
crossed to the coast of Brazil. P?
s "We now set our course for Eu&
rope and on the 11th day of June, TI
s 1S64, entered the port of Cherbourg,
3 and at' once applied for permission G1
~ to go into dock. There being none of
r but national docks, the emperor of la:
'? France had first to be communicated
1 with before permission could be
granted, and he was absent from
" Paris. 26
' "It was during this interval of f0
= waiting on the third day after our ba
1 arrival that the Kearsarge steamed th
r into the harbor for the purpose, as 0f
" we learned of taking on board the ba
* prisoners we had landed from our th
1 last two prizes. Capt. Semmes, how- ca
1 ever, objected to this on the ground pr
r that the Kearsarge was adding to th
* her crew in a neutral port. The au- wi
1 thorities conceding this objection as
r valid, the Kearsarge steamed out of in*
i the harbor without anchoring. be
"Capt. Semmes communicated th
s through our agent to the United wj
* States consul that if Capt. Winslow <j0
1 would wait outside the harbor he pr
" would fight him as soon as we could tei
* coal ship. I at once proceeded to ?
r get everything snug for action, and in
by Saturday night we had finished P'!
; taking in coal, and had scrubbed the
* decks. I reported to Capt. Semmes gn
* that the ship was ready for battle.
"The next morning, Sunday June ^01
i 19, between the hours of 9 and 10 Se
f o'clock, we weighed anchor and stood an
3 out of the western entrance of the As
r harbor, the-French ironclad Cou- W?
* ronne following us. The day was As
bright and beautiful, with a light P?
breeze blowing. Our men were neat- up
1 ly dressed and our officers in full
3 uniform. m
i ^ th;
The Alabama and the Kearsarge. w,
"The report of our going out to
i fight the Kearsarge had been circu- tu
) lated, and many persons from Paris ca;
r and the surrounding country had mi
i come down to witness the engage- sir
, ment. They, with a large number do
- of inhabitants of Cherbourg, collect- thj
- ed on every prominent point of the do
snore mai woum auuiu a. view oca- vu
} ward. As we rounded the breakwai
ter we discovered the Kearsarge mt
. about seven miles to the northward an
5 and eastward. We immediately sh
1 shaped our course for her, called all foi
i hands to quarters and cast loose'the bo
t starboard battery. cle
; "Ih about 45 minutes we were I ]
3 somewhat over a mile from the Kear- stc
1 sarge, when she headed for us, pre- of
senting her starboard bow. At a wt
; distance of a mile we commenced the wa
i action with our 100-pounder pivot Th
} gun from our starboard bow. Both air
ships were now approaching each un
i other at high speed, and soon the an
action became gereral with broad- sh;
' side batteries at a distance of about sei
' 500 yards. To prevent passing, each
ship used a strong port helm. Thus mc
- the action was fought around a com- th<
: mon centre, gradually drawing in str
s the circle. ed
"After using solid shot for some
time we alternated shell and shot, ne;
s The enemy's 11-inch shells were now ou
1 doing severe execution upon our mc
s quarter deck section. Thrtee of wt
i them successively entered our 8-inch ou
; pivot gun port; the first swept off de;
i the forward part of the gun's crew; acl
' the second killed one man and he;
wounded several others, and the all
i third struck the breast of the gun als
: carriage and spun around on the an
deck till one of the men picked it ale
i up and threw it overboard. ?Our ha
l decks were now covered with the an
! dead and the wounded, and the ship mj
; was careening heavily to starboard
i from the effects of the shotholes on a
? her water line. da
"Capt. Semnies ordered me to be Sti
1 ready to make all sail possible when th<
; the circuit of fight should put our di<
- head to the coast of France: then he tin
? would notify me at the time to pivot! foi
>. to port and continue the action with | wi
5 j the port battery, hoping thus to right sh
nthe ship and enable us to reach the inj
-'coast of France. I tin
r "This evolution exposed us to a [ wc
; raking fire, but, strange to say, the joe
J Kearsarge did not take advantage of I
i [ it. The port side of the quarter deck j tin
- was so incumbered with the mangled 00
trunks of the dead that 1 had to have th
them thrown overboard in order to cl?
i fight the after pivot-gun. I abandon- mi
- ed the after 32-pounder. and trans- wa
i ferred the men to fill up the vacan- as:
s cies to the pivot-gun under charge nn
r of young Midshipman Anderson, who ra
SINK TWO JSKITISH SHIPS. I ^
? s
ews of Steamers Destroyed Oft' Uff
Havre are Ilesoued. ill'
London, Nov. 27.?It was reportby
Lloyds today that two British
earners were sunk off Havre yestery
by German submarines. I
The steamers were the Malachite
d the Primo. Their crews were ~
scued. Those from the Malachite
ire landed at Southhampton and
ose from the Primo at Fecamp, 3
ance, on the English Channel.
Lloyds report indicates that Ger
an's submarines have made one of
eir most daring feats. This is the
st occasion when their activities
ive been reported in these waters,
pparently they made their way ^
rough the Straits of Dover to a
lint more than one hundred and fif- ^
miles from their nearest base,
le Malachite was a small steamer
718 tons gross. She was built in
asgow in 1902. The gross tonage (
the Primo was 1,366. She was
id down in Stockton in 1898.
Not So Bad Off After All.
Last year Sumter county produced
1,000 bales of cotton, which sold
r an average not exceeding $60 a (
le, or $1,560,000 for the crop of
e county. This year the total crop
the county will exceed 38,000
.les, this estimate being based on
e last ginners' report. If the crop
n be sold finally at an average ?
ice of seven cents, or $35 a bale,
e net loss in the crop as compared
th last year will not be as great .
9
the difference in price per pound || ^
dicates, and the farmers will not 11
in as bad shape as predicted, for II
e big crop will go a long way to- ||
ird evening things up. There is no I
ubt about Sumter county having II "~
oduced a big crop of cotton.?Sum- I
r Item.
the midst of the carnage filled his || ^
ice like a veteran.
"At this moment the chief en- Ij
leer came on deck and reported the I
es put out, and that he could- no II ?
iger work the engines. Capt. II
mmes said to me, 'Go below, sir, Ij
d see how long the ship can float.' J
i I entered the ward room the sight II
is indeed appalling. There stood II '
isistant Surgeon Llewellyn at his II
st, but the table and the patient II
on it were swept away from him II
an 11-inch shell, which opened || ?
the side of the ship an aperture II
at was fast filling the ship with II
iter. Ij
"It took me but a moment to re- Ij
rn to the deck and report to the |
ptain that 'we could not float ten ||
nutes.' He replied to me, 'Then |
cease firing, shorten sail and haul |
wn the colors; it will never do in ||
Is nineteenth century for us to go ||
wn, and the decks covered with |
r gallant wounded.' 'I
"I now gave the order for every U\\ L
in to jump overboard with a spar
d save himself from the sinking
ip. To enforce the order I walked
ward and urged the men over
ard. As soon as tne decKs were ?.q(
tared, save the bodies of the dead, corre,
returned to the stem port, where front
>od Capt. Semmes with one or two jn er
the men and his faithful steward,
10, poor fellow, was ,doomed to a ? .?
.tery grave, as he could not swim. g
e Alabama's stern port was now flier j
nost to the water's edge. Partly ..
dressing, we plunged into the sea t0 be
d made an offing from the sinking tbey
ip, Capt. Semmes with a life pre- z&gg\]
-ver and I on a grating. terrib
"The Alabama settled stern fore- <?.]
>st, launching her bows high in aire ,
i air. Graceful even in her death wjn(j
uggle, she in a moment disappear- 'gasy
from the face of the waters. remei
"After 20 minutes more I heard .< <]
ar me some one call out, "There is
\ |
r first lieutenant,' and the next'ANO'
jment I was pulled into a boat, in El
tich was Capt. Semmes, stretched
t in the stern sheets, as pallid as Dr.
ath. He had received during the St.,
:ion a slight contusion on the montl
ad, and the struggle in the water to El
nost exhausted him. There were specif
io several of our crew in the boat, highlj
d in a few moments we were who c
>ngside a little steam yacht which use.
d come among our floating men, or re
d by throwing them ropes saved medic
inv lives." compi
The Alabama, in her 22 months as convii
privateer, managed to inflict great ployc
mage on the shipping of the United with
ites. She drove the shipping of thing
5 United States from the seas, and tions,
1 much to reduce the standing of Tamil}
e American merchantmen among gcner
eign shippers. Her work, coupled FO I
th the fact that commerce and procu
ipbuilding practically ceased dur- lief.
x the civil war. is responsible for woulc
e place America lias taken in the' this
irld's shipping, and the place she grate!
rupies at present. the p
The money claims assessed against tion
e Alabama amounted to over $17.- my s
O.ObO, but only $15,000,000 of You
is was allowed as a legitimate dent
tint against England by the com- reliev
ssion sitting in Geneva, after the skin
tr was over, and damages were the p
sessed against the British govern- satisf;
jnt for the help given the Confedete
privateer. P?
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