Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1902 — Sailing Ships in Suez Canal. [ARTICLE]

Sailing Ships in Suez Canal.

No sailing vessels have crossed the canal since 1374 or 1875, except during the time of the Turko-Russian war of 1877-78. At that time sailing vessels arrived from Calcutta with Indian troops; but for the last ten years no sea-going sailing vessel has crossed the canaL The absence of sailing vessels In the canal is explained by the difficulties of navigation in the Red Sea. Tl»e extraordinary number of sailing vessels lost in the Red Sep (which is full of dangerous reefs and shoals) .during the years 1872-73 seems to have effectually discouraged further attempts.