Columbian Naval Review
The Columbian Naval Review was an international naval review in New York Harbor that took place on August 27, 1893 . The occasion was the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the world exhibition that was organized in Chicago .
procedure
About a week before the ships from ten nations left New York Harbor, they had met in Hampton Roads . A parade has already been held there. A reception was also held at Fort Monroe and other social gatherings were held.
After the parade was scheduled to start at 10:30 am, it had to be postponed to 1:00 pm due to bad weather. The parade was led by replicas of the Santa Maria , the Pinta and the Niña , the three ships that were used by Christopher Columbus on his expedition to India.
This was followed by two lines of warships with a crew of over 10,000 men in parallel . From the far end of the parade, smaller ships with dignitaries like the US President passed between the ships to look at them. As they passed, each warship fired 21 gun salutes to honor the president. These ships passed the river between the two rows of ships from 1:00 p.m., starting from behind.
In the evening, a gala ball was held in Madison Square Garden , attended by 8,000 people, while the warships on the river were decked out with lanterns. In the afternoon, a military parade took place on the streets of New York , attended by approximately 10,000 people. In addition to crew members of the fleet, troops from the United States and New York State were involved, as well as departments of the naval reserves from New York and Massachusetts .
Ships involved
Harbor side
- United States of America ( Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi )
- USS Philadelphia
- USS Newark
- USS Atlanta
- USS San Francisco
- USS Bancroft
- USS Bennington
- USS Baltimore
- USS Chicago
- USS Yorktown
- USS Charleston
- USS Vesuvius
- USS Concord
- Argentina (Rear Admiral Howard)
- Holland (Captain Arriens)
- Germany (Captain Buchsel)
- United States of America
Starboard side
- Great Britain ( John Ommanney Hopkins , Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet )
- Etna
- Giavanni Bausan
- Spain (Rear Admiral Gomez Y Lono )
- Brazil (Rear Admiral de Noronha )
- Aquidaban
- Tiradentes
- Republica
Sightseeing ships
- USS Dolphin : Grover Cleveland
- USS George S. Blake : Diplomatic Corps
- USS Monmouth : United States Congress
- USS General Meigs : Acting Duke of Veragua, descendant of the Columbus family
literature
- Alfred Sidney Johnson, Clarence A. Bickford, William W. Hudson, Nathan Haskell Dole: The Cyclopedic review of current history. Volume 3, Garretson, Cox & Co., Buffalo (NY) 1894, pp. 296 f. ( archive.org ).