USS Merrimac (1894)
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USS Merrimac, sometimes incorrectly spelt Merrimack, was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as Solveig for Norwegian owners, and renamed Merrimac when a US shipowner acquired her in 1
Merrimac being fitted out at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, 23 April 1898
USS Merrimac's wreck in Santiago harbor
Richmond Hobson
Claus Clausen
Scuttling
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Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull, typically by its crew opening holes in its hull.
USS Merrimac (1894)
…coast until it arrived off Santiago de Cuba on 26 May, where she bunkered several US warships. A young Lieutenant, Richmond P. Hobson, devised a plan to scuttle Merrimac as a blockship to trap Spanish warships that were thought to be in Santiago harbor. Admiral William T. Sampson approved of his plan, and a…
The Monument to the Sunken Ships, dedicated to ships destroyed during the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, designed by Amandus Adamson
A sunken ship at Sevastopol, 1858
Merrimack alight on 20 April 1861