Shipwrecks in Portugal - French Battleship Suffren, Spanish Ship San Pedro de Alcantafrench Battleship Suffren, Spanish Ship San Pedro de Alcantara, Pepper Wreck, Jakob Maersk Ra, Pepper Wreck, Jakob Maersk (Paperback)

Chapters: French Battleship Suffren, Spanish Ship San Pedro de Alcantara, Pepper Wreck, Jakob Maersk. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 4 x 305mm/40 Modele 1893 guns10 x 164 mm Modele 1896 guns8 x 100mm/10 guns 2 x 450 mm torpedo tubesThe Suffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French navy, launched in July 1899 and torpedoed off Lisbon on 26 November 1916, going down with all hands. She was named after French admiral Pierre Andre de Suffren de Saint Tropez. Like the Charlemagne class which preceded her, the Suffren carried her main armament of four 305 mm (12.0 in) 40-caliber Canon de 305 mm Modele 1893/96 guns in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft. The guns could probably be depressed to 5 and elevated to 15 . The guns fired 340-kilogram (750 lb) projectiles at the rate of 1 round per minute at a muzzle velocity of 780 metres per second (2,600 ft/s) which gave a range of 12,000 m (13,000 yd) at maximum elevation. The ship's secondary armament consisted of eight 164.7 mm (6.48 in) 45 caliber Canon de 164 mm Modele 1893 guns, which were mounted in individual casemates. The guns fired 52-kilogram (110 lb) shells at a muzzle velocity of 865 metres per second (2,840 ft/s) to a maximum range of 9,000 metres (9,800 yd). Suffren also carried eight 100 mm (3.9 in) 45 caliber Canon de 100 mm Modele 1893 guns in shielded mounts on the shelter deck. These guns fired a 12-kilogram (26 lb) projectile at 710 metres per second (2,300 ft/s), which could be trained up to 20 for a maximum range of 9,500 metres (10,400 yd). Their theoretical maximum rate of fire was six rounds per minute, but only three rounds per minute sustained. Sixteen 47 mm (1.9 in) 40 caliber Canon de 47 mm Modele 1885 Hotchkiss guns were mounted as anti-torpedo boat guns...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1703418