Haitian gunboat La Liberté
 La Liberté, possibly under his Earl King name before its acquisition by the Haitian government
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Earl King |
| Laid down | 1909 |
| Launched | 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 1910 |
| Fate | Acquired by Haitian Navy in same year. |
 Haiti | |
| Name | La Liberté |
| Namesake | Liberty |
| Acquired | 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 1911 |
| Homeport | Port-au-Prince |
| Fate | Destroyed by explosion |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | |
| Displacement | 500 t |
| Length | 196 ft (60 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine, single screw |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Armament | |
La Liberté (trans: Liberty) was a gunboat of the Haitian Navy, which was in service from its acquisition in 1910 until 1911, when it suffered an explosion.
Service history
[edit]The vessel was originally launched as a cargo ship under the name of SS Earl King which was modified into a gunboat in 1911 during the Revolution in Haiti.[1] La Liberté, while in the port of Port-au-Prince, suffered an explosion from which only 23 crew members survived. The ship was declared a total loss.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Record of Current Events". The American Monthly Review of Reviews: 287–290. March 1911.
- ^ "Haitian Mutineers: To die Twenty-three survivors of gunboat Liberté". The New York Times. 1911. Retrieved 2 May 2022.