Showing posts with label Deerhound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deerhound. Show all posts
Friday, June 28, 2019
CSS Alabama vs. USS Kearsarge-- Part 5: The End of the Alabama
The Alabama settled stern first and her bow raised high in the air as the waters of the English Channel closed over her. Boats from the Kearsarge and French boats rescued the survivors.
The English yacht Deerhound, owned by Mr. John Lancaster, picked up Captain Semmes with 13 of his officers and 27 crew members and carried them to Southhampton.
The spectacular career of the Confederacy's most famous raider was closed.
--Old B-Runner
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Thanking Mr. Lancaster For the Rescue of Semmes from the Alabama Sinking
MARCH 1ST, 1865: President Jefferson Davis sent a Resolution adopted by the Confederate Congress to Mr. John Lancaster of England, thanking him for his gallant and humane conduct in the rescue of Captain Rafael Semmes and 41 of his officers and men after the sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge on 19 June 1864.
It was particularly gratifying to the Confederacy that Lancaster's yacht Deerhound had then sailed for England with the rescued Confederates rather than turning them over to the Kearsarge as would be customary under international law.
The incident became even more galling for the Union Navy after Semmes and his officers were socially lionized during their stay in England.
Semmes Gets Away. --Old B-R'er
It was particularly gratifying to the Confederacy that Lancaster's yacht Deerhound had then sailed for England with the rescued Confederates rather than turning them over to the Kearsarge as would be customary under international law.
The incident became even more galling for the Union Navy after Semmes and his officers were socially lionized during their stay in England.
Semmes Gets Away. --Old B-R'er
Thursday, June 19, 2014
The End of the CSS Alabama-- Part 4: The End
Southern casualties were heavy and mounting as both ships fought valiantly. Semmes wrote: "After the lapse of about an hour and ten minutes, our ship was ascertained to be in a sinking condition, the enemy's shells having exploded in our side, and between decks, opening large apertures through which the water rushed with great rapidity.
"For some few minutes I had hopes of being able to reach the French coast, for which purpose I gave the ship all steam, and set such of the fore and aft sails as were available.
"The ship filled so rapidly, however,that before we had made much progress, the fires were extinguished in the furnaces, and we were evidently at tne point of sinking. I now hauled down my colors to prevent further destruction of life and dispatched a boat to inform the enemy of our condition."
The Alabama settled stern first and her bow raised high in the air. Boats from the Kearsarge and French boats rescued the survivors. The English yacht Deerhound, owned by John Lancaster, picked up Captain Semmes with 13 of his officers and 27 crew members and carried them to Southampton.
All Over Now. --Old B-R'er
"For some few minutes I had hopes of being able to reach the French coast, for which purpose I gave the ship all steam, and set such of the fore and aft sails as were available.
"The ship filled so rapidly, however,that before we had made much progress, the fires were extinguished in the furnaces, and we were evidently at tne point of sinking. I now hauled down my colors to prevent further destruction of life and dispatched a boat to inform the enemy of our condition."
The Alabama settled stern first and her bow raised high in the air. Boats from the Kearsarge and French boats rescued the survivors. The English yacht Deerhound, owned by John Lancaster, picked up Captain Semmes with 13 of his officers and 27 crew members and carried them to Southampton.
All Over Now. --Old B-R'er
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