Spanish ships:

In the bay there were tied or anchored 7 merchant ships of Spanish flag whose names it has not been possible to specify. All received damages of consideration, mainly in their masts and spars. An uncertain number of schooners, smaller crafts, and others of medium size, were dragged to the sea or destroyed when smashing some against others.

Type Name Port of Registration Reported Damages schooner Edwin Bridgeport Broke the chain of the anchor and crashed against the bridge of the Yumurí, where the crew passed to earth. The change in the direction of the wind took it to the center of the bay. Shipwrecked near the outlet of the Canímar river. brig G. W. Baxter New York Ran aground near the Walk of Versalles. Then went afloat again. boat Geo S. Hunt (sic) Portland Unmasted. It lost the anchors brig Liberty ? Suffered no damages. brig Mary E, Chase Philadelphia Unmasted. It lost the whole upper work schooner Traub Palmer Bath Suffered mishaps in its masts and spars and in the bow.

Chart 6. Anchored or tied American Ships in the Bay of Matanzas (October 7 1870.) Source: Anonymous (1870ª)

 

Type Name Reported Damages frigate Birdston Agrounded, received slight damages. When the direction of the wind changed she went afloat again. boat Evening Star Suffered big damages. barque Fairlina Suffered big damages. schooner Helena This ship entered the port of mandatory landfall. She went in trip from New Orleans to Martinique. brig Manlius Suffered big damages. brig S. V. Nichols Shipwrecked.

Chart 7. English Ships anchored or tied in the Bay of Matanzas (October 7 1870.) Source: Anonymous (1870ª