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LIBERTE SHIP destroyed by FIRE Disasters 1911 PostcardFrance Vintage B/W Postcard. French Battleship. Military Vessel. Catastrophe du Cuirasse la "Liberte" (25 sept 1911). L'epave laissant voir la passerelle abriere et le enversement d'une tourelle et de son canon. France. Ship Catastrophe. Wreckage. Wreck.Faults: Creases at centre right (vertical) & top right corner, corner wear
Addressed to: London
Stamp: 10c Sower
Condition: Used
Background: The French Battleship Liberté was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. On 25 September 1911, as the Liberté was moored in Toulon harbour, an accidental explosion at the bow at starboard started a fire. At 5:53 PM, the main magazines detonated, destroying the ship and killing 200 of her crew. People on the neighbouring ships and in the port were also killed.
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