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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

LA LIBERTÉ gunboat (1910)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
La Liberté (ex-Earl King)         1910 1910 stricken 1912

 

Displacement normal, t

500

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

60.9

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

4.30

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm steel; belt: 25

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

Complement

 

Project history: Merchant vessel bought in 1910 and converted to gunboat.

Ship protection: Amidship belt was 25mm-thick.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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