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Warship Wednesday April 18

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Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steampunk navies of the 1866-1938 time period and will profile a different ship each week.

– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday,  April__

Here we have the SMS Schlesien.

The German Battleship (Linienschiff) SMS Schlesien in the Panama canal in 1938. At 30-years old, her Pre-drednought lines can be seen very well.

She was one of the five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the German province of Schlesien, she was built at the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Danzig, where she was commissioned into the Kasier’s navy on 5 May 1908. The ships of her class were already outdated by the time they entered service, being inferior in size, armor, firepower and speed to the new post-Dreadnought battleships, but that didnt stop the Schlesien from being used for almost 40-years.

Specs
Class and type:     Deutschland-class battleship
Displacement:     13,200t normal; 14,218t full load
Length:     127.6 m (419 ft)
Beam:     22.2 m (73 ft)
Draught:     7.7 m (25 ft)
Propulsion:     19,330 hp (14,410 kW), three shafts = 19.1 knots (35.4 km/h)
Speed:     17 knots (31 km/h)
Range:     5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km); 10 knots (20 km/h)
Complement:     743
Armament:

At construction:

2 × 2 – 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns
14 × 17 cm (6.7 in) guns (casemated)
22 ×8.8 cm (3.5 in) (casemated)
6 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armament in 1939:

2 × 2 – 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns
Two 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
4 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns (2×2)
22 × 2.0 cm (0.8 in) cannon

Armor:     230 mm in belt
280 mm in turrets
76 mm in deck

She served at Jutland where she traded shots with British battleships. Following the German defeat in World War I, the German navy, reorganized as the Reichsmarine, was permitted to retain three of the Deutschland class battleships one of these was Schlesien. In 1932 her captain was super-spy Wilhelm Canaris and she was the flagship of the small Weimar Navy. Schlesien toured the Americas on a training cruise which she carried 200 naval officer cadets. In March 1937 the ship stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Later that year in December, Schlesien stopped in Mar del Plata, Argentina. In 1938, the ship visited Samaná Bay in the Dominican Republic. During WWII she particpated in the invasions of Poland and Norway.

In April 1945, Schlesien was moved to Swinemünde to restock her ammunition supply as well as evacuate 1,000 wounded soldiers from the front. On 3 May she struck a mine at Zinnowitz outside Swinemünde and beached in shallow water. Due to the shallow depth, much of the ship remained above water, including her main armament; she was able to provide artillery support for retreating German units. Between 1949 and 1956, the wreck was demolished and then scrapped in situ by an East German company. However, some remains from the ship were still visible in 1970

Warship Wednesday April 11

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday,  April 11

Here we have the first-rate cruisers USS New York ACR-2 (left) and USS Brooklyn ACR- 3 (right) steaming in gleaming white and buff paint schemes past a fishing schooner about 1898. Note the two sea anchors on the port side of the Brooklyn. Brooklyn was just a tad larger and carried a few more large 8-inch guns than the New York, but both were flagships for most of their long and varied naval career.

These two ships were state of the art for the Spanish American War US Navy. They look very similar, with their tall triple funnels and twins masts but they are slightly different

New York

The New York about 1898

Commissioned: 1 August 1893
Displacement:     8,150 long tons (8,280 t)
Length:     384 ft (117 m)
Beam:     64.9 ft (19.8 m)
Draft:     23.3 ft (7.1 m)
Speed:     21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Armament:  6 × 8 in (200 mm)/35 cal guns (2×2, 2×1)
12 × 4 in (100 mm)/40 cal guns
8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns
4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns
3 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes

During the Spanish American War she  bombarded the defenses at Matanzas then at El Morro Castle at San Juan. She was the flagship of Admiral William T. Sampson’s squadron, as the American commander planned the campaign against Santiago. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July resulted in complete destruction of the Spanish
fleet. During WWI, as a 24-year old veteran she escorted convoys and trained gunners.  She remained on active duty until decommission on 29 April 1933, completing almost 40 years of service as a warship which was very uncommon in the US Navy. She was stricken in 1938 and sunk in December 1941 to prevent her capture by advancing Japanese troops in the Philippines.

side scan sonar image of USS New York on sea floor in Manila Bay, Philippines as she appears today. Other than the USS Olympia preserved in Philidelphia, she is the best remaining example of a pre-dreadnought era armored cruiser.

Brooklyn
Commissioned:     1 December 1896
Displacement:     9,215 long tons (9,363 t)
Length:     402.6 ft (122.7 m)
Beam:     64.7 ft (19.7 m)
Draft:     28 ft (8.5 m)
Speed:     20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement:     561 officers and men
Armament:     8 × 8 in (200 mm)/35 cal guns
12 × 5 in (130 mm)/40 cal guns
5 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

Brooklyn as she appeared in 1898, note her 8-inch guns swung out and her crew on the bow

The mighty Brooklyn was flagship of the Flying Squadron under Commodore W. S. Schley during the Spanish-American War. The Flying Squadron arrived at Cienfuegos, Cuba on 21 May 1898 and established the blockade of that port. On 26 May, the Squadron arrived at Santiago de Cuba, where the Spanish Fleet was being held behind the protection of the forts. Brooklyn was a key vessel in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July, in which the Spanish Fleet was destroyed. Although she was struck 20 times by whole shot, Brooklyn suffered only one man wounded (Fireman J. Bevins) and one man killed (Chief Yeoman George H. Ellis). Her postwar service was uneventful and she was retired in 1920 while serving as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. She was scrapped in 1922.

dismantling the USS Brooklyn in 1922. Its always sad when they break out the torches

Warship Wednesday April 4, 2012

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, April 4th

Here we have the three-masted auxiliary-engined sailing ship SMS Seeadler

with her sails reefed

The Seeadler, (Sea Eagle in German) was the most famous German auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) in World War I. The former British sailing ship Pass of Balmaha was captured in July 1915 by U 36  at the age of 39 years of age.

As of 1916, German warships had been blockaded by the Allies in the North Sea, and any commerce raiders that succeeded in breaking out lacked foreign or colonial bases for re-supply of coal. This gave rise to the idea of equipping a sailing ship instead, since it would not require coaling.

The Seeadler was equipped with an auxiliary engine, hidden lounges, accommodation for additional crew and prisoners, two hidden 105 mm cannons that could emerge from the deck, two hidden heavy machine guns, and rifles for boarding parties. These weapons were rarely fired, and many of the 16 ships encountered by the Seeadler were sunk with only one single accidental casualty on either side during the entire journey.

On 21 December 1916, she sailed under the command of Kapitänleutnant Felix von Luckner. The ship was disguised as a Norwegian wood carrier and succeeded in crossing the British blockading line despite being boarded for an inspection. The crew had been handpicked partly for their ability to speak Norwegian. Over the next 225 days, she captured 15 ships in the Atlantic and Pacific and led the British and US Navies on a merry chase.

Kapitänleutnant Felix von Luckner and his gang of pimps under the hot Pacific sun, in tropical whites.

Her journey ended wrecked on a reef at the island of Mopelia 450 km from Tahiti in the Society Islands, part of French Polynesia. Luckner and some crew sailed for Fiji, where they were captured and imprisoned. A 100-foot long French schooner, the Lutece, of 126 tons was captured by the remaining crew on 5 September 1917 (making it the 16th ship captured by Seeadler). They sailed to Easter Island as Fortuna, arriving on 4 October and running aground there, after which they were interned by the Chilean authorities

Laid down:         R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow, 1878
Commissioned:         02.12.1916 (as auxiliary cruiser)
Fate:         beached at Mopelia on 02.08.1917
Displacement: 4500 tons (1571 tons gross register tonnage)
Length:     83.5 m/274-feet
Beam:     11.8 m/39-feet
Draught:     5.5 m/18-feet
Propulsion:     1 shaft auxiliary diesel engine, 900 hp
Sail plan:     3 masts, full rig, 2600 m2 sail area
Speed:     9 knots
Complement: 64 including guncrew and marines
Armament:     2 – 105mm guns

Warship Wednesday March 28

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, March 28

Here we have the 117-year old Harbor Cutter/Tug Spanky Pane on her way to be scrapped in November 2011 in Homer Alaska. (photo by Homer Harbor Master, to be published in Warship International)

Built in 1894 by Bells Steam Engine Works, Buffalo, NY
Commissioned as the US Revenue Cutter Calumet 18 October 1894
Transferred to the Navy during the Spanish American War
Returned to the Revenue Cutter Service, which in 1916 became the US Coast Guard.
Transferred again to the Navy 6 April 1917
Returned to the Treasury Department 28 August 1919
Renamed USCGC Tioga in 1934
Transferred to the Navy for a third time during World War II
Designated WYT-74
Decommissioned 14 October 1946
Sold 22 March 1947 to the New Haven Towing Co. of New York, NY and renamed John F. Drews
Sold in 1950 to the Whaling City Dredge and Dock Corp. of Groton, CT
Caught fire in 1950 off New Haven, CT in Long Island Sound while being towed to Groton, CT. Her wooden cabins and superstructure burned off. Rebuilt and converted to diesel
Sold in 1958 to C.A. Pitts General Contractor, Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sold in 1962 to the Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp. of Cleveland, OH
Sold in 1967 to the Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Co. of Detroit, MI and renamed William J. Dugan
Renamed Spanky Paine
She was  derelict in Homer Boat Harbor, Homer, AK for almost 20 years before being sent to scrap

After 117 years service in three centuries

Specifications:

Displacement 190 t.
Length 94′ 6″
Beam 20′ 6″
Draft 9′ 6″
Speed 13 kts.
Complement 14
Propulsion: One Babcock and Wilcox watertube boiler, one Compound reciprocating steam engine (converted to diesel engine in 1950), one shaft.

Armament- Carried a small gun during Spanish American War (probably a 6-pounder), and during WWI, the Rum Wars, and WWII most likely machine guns and small arms.

USRSC Calumet in 1914, note the USRCS flag, the volant eagle on her deckhouse, ornate scrollwork on her bow. This photo was taken almost 100-years before the one you see above. (USCG photo)

Warship Wednesday March 21

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, March 21

Here we have the USS Indiana

The USS Indiana, BB-1 at dock

USS Indiana (Battleship No. 1) was the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time.[6] Authorized in 1890 and commissioned five years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery. She was designed for coastal defense and as a result her decks were not safe from high waves on the open ocean.

Indiana served in the Spanish–American War (1898) as part of the North Atlantic Squadron. She took part in both the blockade of Santiago de Cuba and the battle of Santiago de Cuba, which occurred when the Spanish fleet attempted to break through the blockade. Although unable to join the chase of the escaping Spanish cruisers, she was partly responsible for the destruction of the Spanish destroyers Pluton and Furor. After the war she quickly became obsolete—despite several modernizations—and spent most of her time in commission as a training ship or in the reserve fleet, with her last commission during World War I as a training ship for gun crews. She was decommissioned for the third and final time in January 1919 and was shortly after reclassified Coast Battleship Number 1 so that the name Indiana could be reused. She was sunk in shallow water as a target in aerial bombing tests in 1920 and her hulk was sold for scrap in 1924.

Displacement:     10,288 tons standard
Length:     350 ft 11 in (106.96 m)
Beam:     69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft:     27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion:

Two vertical inverted triple expansion reciprocating steam engines[2]
2 shafts
4 double ended Scotch boilers later replaced by 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
9,000 ihp (6.7 MW) (design)
9,738 ihp (7.262 MW) (trials)

Speed:

15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) (design)
15.6 kn (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) (trials)

Range:     4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi)
Complement:     473 officers and men
Armament:

4 × 13″/35 gun (2×2)
8 × 8″/35 gun (4×2)
4 × 6″/40 gun removed 1908
12 × 3″/50 gun added 1910
20 × 6-pounders
6 × 1 pounder guns
4 × Whitehead torpedo tubes

Armor:     Harveyized steel

Belt: 18–8.5 in (460–220 mm)
13″ turrets: 15 in (380 mm)
Hull: 5 in (130 mm)

Conventional nickel-steel

Tower: 10 in (250 mm)
8″ turrets: 6 in (150 mm)
Deck: 3 in (76 mm)

Warship Wednesday March 14

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, March 14

Here we have the USS Massachusetts

USS Massachusetts (Battleship No. 2) was an Indiana-class battleship and the second United States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of the time. Authorized in 1890 and commissioned six years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship class also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery. She was designed for coastal defense and as a result her decks were not safe from high waves on the open ocean.

Massachusetts served in the Spanish–American War (1898) as part of the Flying Squadron and took part in the blockades of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. She missed the decisive Battle of Santiago de Cuba after steaming to Guantánamo Bay the night before to resupply coal. After the war she served with the North Atlantic Squadron, performing training maneuvers and gunnery practice. During this period she suffered an explosion in an 8-inch gun turret, killing nine, and ran aground twice, requiring several months of repair both times. She was decommissioned in 1906 for modernization.

Although considered obsolete in 1910, the battleship was recommissioned and used for annual cruises for midshipmen during the summers and otherwise laid up in the reserve fleet until her decommissioning in 1914. In 1917 she was recommissioned to serve as a training ship for gun crews during World War I. She was decommissioned for the final time in March 1919 under the name Coast Battleship Number 2 so that her name could be reused for USS Massachusetts (BB-54). In 1921 she was scuttled in shallow water off the coast of Pensacola, Florida and then used as a target for experimental artillery. The ship was never scrapped and in 1956 it was declared the property of the state of Florida. Since 1993 the wreck has been a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve and is included in the National Register of Historic Places. It serves as an artificial reef and diving spot.

Displacement:     10,288 long tons (10,453 t; 11,523 ST)
Length:     350 ft 11 in (106.96 m)
Beam:     69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft:     27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion:

Two vertical inverted triple expansion reciprocating steam engines
4 double ended Scotch boilers later replaced by 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
9,000 ihp (6.7 MW) (design)
10,400 ihp (7.8 MW) (trial)

Speed:

15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) (design)
16.2 kn (30.0 km/h; 18.6 mph) (trial)

Range:     4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi)
Complement:     473 officers and men
Armament:

4 × 13″/35 gun (2×2)
8 × 8″/35 gun (4×2)
4 × 6″/40 gun removed 1908
12 × 3″/50 gun added 1910
20 × 6-pounders
6 × 1 pounder guns
5 × Whitehead torpedo tubes

Armor:     Harveyized steel

Belt: 18–8.5 in (460–220 mm)
13″ turrets: 15 in (380 mm)
Hull: 5 in (130 mm)

Conventional nickel-steel

Tower: 10 in (250 mm)
8″ turrets: 6 in (150 mm)
Deck: 3 in (76 mm)

Warship Wednesday March 7th

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, March 7

Here we have the USS Oregon BB-3

USS Oregon (BB-3) was a pre-Dreadnought Indiana-class battleship of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized on 30 June 1890,

Oregon with her warpaint on in 1898. She steamed 14,000 miles in 66 days, over 212 miles per day, to reach Cuba from the West Coast

In 1898 she steamed 14,000 miles in 66 days, a remarkable feat of seamanship for the iron hulled steam navy. She took part in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, where she and the cruiser Brooklyn were the only ships fast enough to chase down the Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón, forcing its surrender. Around this time she received the nickname “Bulldog of the Navy”. She was still afloat in WWI and served as an escort for US troops to Siberia in 1918. The next year she was decommed for the last time and turned into a floating museum operated by the state of Oregon from 1925-41, one of the first of its kind in the country.

When WWII started the city donated her back to the navy and she was used as an ammunition barge during the battle of Guam, finally being broken up in 1956…in Japan.

Displacement:     10,288 long tons (10,453 t; 11,523 ST)
Length:     351 ft 2 in (107.04 m)
Beam:     69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft:     27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion:

Two vertical inverted triple expansion reciprocating steam engines[2]
4 double ended Scotch boilers
9,000 ihp (6.7 MW) (design)[3]
11,111 ihp (8.285 MW) (trial)

Speed:

15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) (design)[3]
16.8 kn (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) (trial)

Range:     5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi)[a][4]
Complement:     473 officers and men[5]
Armament:

4 × 13″/35 gun (2×2)
8 × 8″/35 gun (4×2)
4 × 6″/40 gun removed 1908
12 × 3″/50 gun added 1910
20 × 6-pounders
6 × 1 pounder guns
5 × Whitehead torpedo tubes[b]

Armor:     Harveyized steel

Belt: 18–8 in (460–200 mm)
13″ turrets: 15 in (380 mm)
Hull: 6.25 in (159 mm)

Conventional nickel-steel

Tower: 10 in (250 mm)
8″ turrets: 6 in (150 mm)
Deck: 4.5 in (110 mm)

Warship Wednesday Feb 29

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, Feb 29

USS TEXAS 1895

Here we have the USS Texas was a second-class pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. She was the first American battleship and the first ship named in honor of the state of Texas to be built by the United States.She was built in reaction to the acquisition of armored warships by several South American countries.Texas was authorized by the U.S. Congress on 3 August 1886.

During the Spanish American War On 3 July, 1898, she was steaming off Santiago de Cuba when the Spanish Fleet under Admiral Cervera attempted to escape past the American Fleet. Texas took four of the enemy ships under fire immediately. While the battleship’s main battery pounded the armored cruisers Vizcaya and Cristobal Colon, her secondary battery joined Iowa, Gloucester, and Indiana in battering two torpedo-boat destroyers.

Decommissioned and used as a station ship she was sunk in shallow water in Tangier Sound in Chesapeake Bay on 21–22 March 1911 by gunfire from the battleship New Hampshire. Her hulk remained visible and was used by entire generations of ships and aircraft for target practice as late as 1959

Displacement:     6,316 long tons (6,417 t) full load (1896)
Length:     308 ft 10 in (94.1 m)
Beam:     64 ft 1 in (19.5 m)
Draft:     24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power:     8,610 ihp (6,420 kW)
Propulsion:

2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
2 × screws, 4 × boilers

Speed:     17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph)
Complement:     392 officers and men (1896)
Armament:

2 × 1 – 12 in (305 mm) guns
6 × 1 – 6 in (152 mm) guns
12 × 1 – 57 mm (2.2 in) QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss guns
4 × 1 – 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss 5-barrel revolving guns
6 × 1 – Driggs-Schroeder guns
4 × 1 – 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Belt: 12 in (305 mm)
Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)
Redoubt: 12 in (305 mm)
Turrets: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)
Conning Tower: 9 in (229 mm)
Bulkheads: 8 in (203 mm)

Warship Wednesday, Feb 22

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Here we have the Tsar’s mighty battleship, HMRS Navarin (Наварин – after the battle of Navarino) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy.

Based on the British Trafalgar-class battleship, she was built by the Galerniy Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down in 1889, launched on 20 October 1891, and completed in 1896.

Design
Type:     Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:     10,206 long tons (10,370 t)
Length:     109 m (357 ft 7 in)
Beam:     20.42 m (67 ft 0 in)
Draught:     8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:     2 shaft reciprocating vertical triple expansion (VTE) engines
12 cylindrical coal-fired boilers
9,140 shp (6,820 kW)
700 tons coal
Speed:     15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Complement:     622
Armament:     4 × 305 mm (12 in) guns (2×2)
8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns(1×8)
8 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
15 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
6 × 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:     Compound armor
Belt: 16 in (410 mm)
Citadel: 5 in (130 mm)
Turrets: 12 in (300 mm) (nickel steel)
Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm)

The ships hull had 93 frames and six main compartments, nine watertight bulkheads and a double bottom. The compound armor belt was 69.5 m long and 2.13m tall and had a maximum thickness of 406 mm (16 inches). A casemate belt or upper belt 49.3 m long and 2.4 m tall had a maximum thickness of 305 mm. The turrets also had 305mm armor with 50.2 mm roofs.

The armament consisted of 4 – 305mm/35 caliber guns manufactured at the Obukhov factory in St. Petersburg. The secondary armament was twelve 152mm guns also made by Obukhov. 47mm and 37mm guns comprised the anti-torpedo boat armament. Six 381mm (15 inch) torpedo tubes were also fitted one in the bow, four on the beam and one at the stern.

The powerplant comprised 2 shaft triple expansion steam engines with 12 cylindrical coal-fired boilers operating at 14.6 atmospheres. The boilers were grouped in four boiler rooms each with its own funnel leading to a distinctive outline. This peculiar funnel arrangement led British Sailors to nickname the ship Lots Road Power Station while she was serving in China. There were four electrical generators. The powerplant weighed 1222 tons.

Service history

The ship was launched on the 64th anniversary of the battle of Navarino. The ship served as part of the Baltic fleet making a cruise to the Mediterranean Sea in 1896. The Navarin went to the Pacific in 1898 and took part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. She then served in the Baltic Fleet from 1902. On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war, she was sent out with the Second Pacific Squadron. She was sunk at the Battle of Tsushima by three torpedoes fired by Japanese destroyers. Only three sailors were rescued after four days in the water.

Warship Wednesday Feb 8

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– Christopher Eger

Warship Wednesday, Feb 8

Here we have the specular side view of the Argentine Cruiser General Garibaldi.

Dimensions: 366’6″ OA x 61’6″ x 24′ LWL: 357′. Displacement: 7,698 tons standard. Armament: (4) 8″ (2×2), (14) 6″ (152mm), (10) 3.2″ QF guns, (6) 1.85″ guns; (2) Maxim MG; (4) 18″ torpedo tubes. Armor: Terni type. Belt: 150/70mm (5.9″/2.76″). Barbettes 5.9″/3.94″. Casemates 5.2″/4.3″. Conning tower: 5.5″. Deck: 1.5″/1″. Athwartship and longitudinal screens in battery: 2″. Fuel capacity: 650 tons std; 1,200 tons maximum. Propulsion: (2) inverted vertical triple-expansion engines developing 13,500 HP, shafted to twin screw. Speed: 20 knots. Range: 5,500 nm. @ 10 kts. Crew: 600. Cost: ~£600,000 at 1895 valuation.

Built in 1895 for Italy  this ship sank the Turkish ironclad Avnilla and several gunboats at Beirut during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. She was then sold on the eve of World War two approching her 20th birthday as obsolete to the navy of Argentina. There she continued to serve for another 20 years until being stricken in 1934 during the height of the Great Depression and sold for scrap.

 

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