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Monday 17 December 2012

Spanish gunboat Caridad wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper De locomotief dated 11 November 1895

An item dated Madrid 26 October referred to tidings received from Cuba that the Spanish gunboat Caridad was wrecked near the coast. Her crew was saved.(1)

Note
1. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 26 October published an item dated New York dated the 25th that she was stranded off Caradonas and that her crew escaped safely with the life-boats. Efforts would be performed to salvage after assistance arrived.