Iguana Named Iggy

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hms Majestic, Sm U-16, Hms Cornwallis, Hms Russell, Sm U-3, Sm U-30, Hms Attack, French Battleship Danton, Ss Milazzo, Hms Phoenix, Sm U-32, French Armoured Cruiser Léon Gambetta, French Battleship Bouvet, Hms E15, Sm Uc-38, Ss Lesbian, Sms Zenta, Sms Breslau, Japanese Battleship Sagami, Ss Transylvania, Sm Uc-35, Ss Ancona, Ss Cameronia, Ss Ivernia, Hmhs Dover Castle, Sm U-64, French Battleship Gaulois, Greek Destroyer Doxa, Hms Comet, Hs Marechiaro, Ss Persia, Rms Arabia, Rms Franconia, Provence Ii, Hms H3. Excerpt: 28 Niclausse boilers fitted with three vertical triple expansion enginesthree shafts. item Speed: 22.5 kts item Capacity: 2065 tonnes of coal item Complement: 728 item Armament:4 x 193 mm /40 M1896 guns in twin turrets16 x 140 mm /45 M1887 guns in four single and six twin turrets24 x 3pdr guns in single mountings2 x 18" submerged torpedo tubes item Armour:Belt: 2.8" - 6" KruppsTurrets: 8" KruppsC.T.: 8" Krupps end{sloppypar The Léon Gambetta was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons, lead ship of the Léon Gambetta class . She was launched on 26 October 1901 at the Arsenal de Brest .Early history While on steam trial in December 1903, she struck an unknown pinnacle of rock off Black Rock Islands near Brest in fog and suffered considerable damage.The Gambettas were larger than previous armoured cruisers of the class, but they lacked the heavier firepower. They also were vulnerable to underwater attacks.Repairs were not complete until mid-1904.Sinking Location of the wreck On the night of 27 April 1915, Central Mediterranean, when 15 miles south of Cape Santa Maria di Leuca, SE tip of Italy in the Ionian Sea (c 39.30N, 18.15E), she was torpedoed twice by Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp patriar...