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.
 La Liberté, possibly under his Earl King name before its acquisition by the Haitian government
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| History | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} United States | |
| Name | Earl King |
| Laid down | 1909 |
| Launched | 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 1910 |
| Fate | Acquired by Haitian Navy in same year. |
.svg){kind=small} 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 | |
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.