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United States (United States) (search for this): entry petrel-the
Petrel, the The United States revenue-cutter Aiken, which had been surrendered to the insurgents at Charleston, in December, 1860, was converted into a privateer, manned by a crew of thirty-six men, mostly Irish, and called the Petrel. On July 28, 1861, she went to sea, and soon fell in with the National frigate St. Lawrence, which she mistook for a merchantman. She was regarded as a rich prize, and the Petrel bore down upon her, while she appeared to be trying to escape. When the latter came within fair range, the St. Lawrence opened her ports and gave her the contents of three heavy guns. One of these sent a shell known as the Thunderbolt, which exploded in the hold of the Petrel, while a 32-pound shot struck her amidships, below the watermark. In an instant she was made a total wreck, and went to the bottom of the ocean, leaving the foaming waters over her grave thickly strewn with splinters and her struggling crew. Four of these were drowned; the remainder were saved.
John P. Irish (search for this): entry petrel-the
Petrel, the The United States revenue-cutter Aiken, which had been surrendered to the insurgents at Charleston, in December, 1860, was converted into a privateer, manned by a crew of thirty-six men, mostly Irish, and called the Petrel. On July 28, 1861, she went to sea, and soon fell in with the National frigate St. Lawrence, which she mistook for a merchantman. She was regarded as a rich prize, and the Petrel bore down upon her, while she appeared to be trying to escape. When the latter came within fair range, the St. Lawrence opened her ports and gave her the contents of three heavy guns. One of these sent a shell known as the Thunderbolt, which exploded in the hold of the Petrel, while a 32-pound shot struck her amidships, below the watermark. In an instant she was made a total wreck, and went to the bottom of the ocean, leaving the foaming waters over her grave thickly strewn with splinters and her struggling crew. Four of these were drowned; the remainder were saved.
July 28th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry petrel-the
Petrel, the The United States revenue-cutter Aiken, which had been surrendered to the insurgents at Charleston, in December, 1860, was converted into a privateer, manned by a crew of thirty-six men, mostly Irish, and called the Petrel. On July 28, 1861, she went to sea, and soon fell in with the National frigate St. Lawrence, which she mistook for a merchantman. She was regarded as a rich prize, and the Petrel bore down upon her, while she appeared to be trying to escape. When the latter came within fair range, the St. Lawrence opened her ports and gave her the contents of three heavy guns. One of these sent a shell known as the Thunderbolt, which exploded in the hold of the Petrel, while a 32-pound shot struck her amidships, below the watermark. In an instant she was made a total wreck, and went to the bottom of the ocean, leaving the foaming waters over her grave thickly strewn with splinters and her struggling crew. Four of these were drowned; the remainder were saved.
December, 1860 AD (search for this): entry petrel-the
Petrel, the The United States revenue-cutter Aiken, which had been surrendered to the insurgents at Charleston, in December, 1860, was converted into a privateer, manned by a crew of thirty-six men, mostly Irish, and called the Petrel. On July 28, 1861, she went to sea, and soon fell in with the National frigate St. Lawrence, which she mistook for a merchantman. She was regarded as a rich prize, and the Petrel bore down upon her, while she appeared to be trying to escape. When the latter came within fair range, the St. Lawrence opened her ports and gave her the contents of three heavy guns. One of these sent a shell known as the Thunderbolt, which exploded in the hold of the Petrel, while a 32-pound shot struck her amidships, below the watermark. In an instant she was made a total wreck, and went to the bottom of the ocean, leaving the foaming waters over her grave thickly strewn with splinters and her struggling crew. Four of these were drowned; the remainder were saved.