The wreck of the <i>Aquila</i>, at San Francisco, with the iron-clad <i>Camanche</i> on board. From a sketch by G.H. Bigelow.<br><p><br>
Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 16, 1864.<br></p>
Note: The clipper ship Aquila [variously spelled Acquilla. Acquila, Aquilla] carried the disassembled monitor Comanche from New York to San Francisco in 1863. Upon arrival she sank alongside a wharf during a Nov. 16th storm, and the Comanche parts were salvaged for assembly.
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Edwin Forbes, Frank Leslie’s Staff</div>
16 January 1864<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1864-01-16T00:00:00Z/11</div>
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, N. Y.