d most in keeping with the feelings of those on board.
The foresail was still standing, also half of the maintopsail. The
mizen yards were swinging about, not braced; the wreck of the
foretopmast still hanging and swinging to and fro; the gangways knocked
out; the bulwarks all standing as good as when she left the docks. The
stern very low in the water, the bows pretty well out of it, so that we
could see the red-painted bottom, or coloured iron by rust; the jibboom
gone. Soon we ran down in the trough of a large sea, and were hid from
sight of her. When we came up, we could see she had changed her
position very much; we could not see the after-part of the
vessel--whether under water, or hid by a sea, I cannot tell; her bows
were high out of the water; and by the pitch or rake of the mast, we
could see that she was at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Soon
another wave came, and we ran down in the trough of another sea; when
we came up, there was nothing to be seen of the 'London.'"

On the 7th September, 1870, foundered the "Captain" off Cape
Finisterre, in which five hundred lives were sacrificed.

The "Captain" was built for the purpose of illustrating a new
principle, that of the modern turret, and said to surpass the
"Monarch," as yet considered the nearest approach to perfection in
shipbuilding.

On the 6th of September, 1870, several vessels of the British fleet
were cruising together off the coast of Spain, the "Captain" being
amongst the number. Although the clouds to the west looked sombre and
heavy, there was no apparent signs of a storm; but during the night the
barometer fell and the winds arose. The "Captain" was observed by the
crew of the "Lord Warden," following a north-west passage. A white
squall battled for a couple of hours with the vessels, damaging each to
a considerable extent. When morning dawned, the "Captain" was missed.
It was supposed, however, that she had merely sailed out of sight, but
daylight showed the awful fact that the ship had gone down. Portions
of wreck were seen floating on the tide, and recognised as having
belonged to the "Captain."

The details of the sad event became known when the few survivors
reached England. Captain Burgoyne was on deck when the catastrophe
happened, remaining there as the night grew stormy. The middle watch
was mustered duly at midnight, and the former one retired. Immediately
after a wave, curling over the vessel, flooded her decks