A WARSHIP WRECKED.
CREW SAFE. IrSSSS ASSOCIATION.! PARIS, 20th February. Tho French cruiser Jean Bart is a hopeless wreck on a Teef off the Barbary coast. The crew landed safely. The Jean Bairt is a third-class cruiser of 4044 tons and 10,000 indicated horsepower, enabling her to steam 19 knots an hour. She was built at Rochefort at a cost of £283,240, and launched in 1891. Her dimensions are — Length 346 ft, beam 43£ ft, draught 194 f t; armament, 10 large and 23 small guns ; complement, 332 men.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1907, Page 5
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89A WARSHIP WRECKED. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1907, Page 5
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