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Crête-à-Pierrot gunboat in the Haitian Navy named after the 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot in the Haitian Revolution (1791 – 1804). The boat was destroyed by Admiral Hammerton Killick in 1902 to prevent it falling into the hands of a German warship.
Description [ edit ]
The ship displaced 950 tons. It was powered by a triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller , giving a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). Armament comprised a 16 cm, 12 cm and four 10 cm guns , four Nordenfelt machine guns and two Maxim machine guns.[1] [2]
Commission [ edit ]
The Haitian Government commissioned an armed cruiser to be designed by Sir E J Reed and built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co at Hull , Yorkshire , England.[1] [2] [3] launched as Crête-à-Pierrot , named for the revolutionary battle of Crête-à-Pierrot , on 7 November 1895.[2] [3]
Crête-à-Pierrot ' s first commander was Captain Gilmour, from Scotland , who served under contract to Haiti.[3]
Destruction [ edit ]
In 1943 the ship appeared on a postage stamp commemorating its 1902 destruction
In 1902 Haiti was enveloped in a civil war over who would become president after the sudden resignation of Tirésias Simon Sam . Crête-à-Pierrot was controlled by Admiral Hammerton Killick and supporters of Anténor Firmin and was used to blockade ports where Pierre Nord Alexis was gathering troops.[4] Crête-à-Pierrot to transport Firmin to Port-au-Prince while Jean Jumeau marched on Port-au-Prince by land.[5]
In September 1902, Crête-à-Pierrot seized a German ammunition ship, Markomannia [5] pirate ship .[4] SMS Panther to find and capture Crête-à-Pierrot .[5]
On 6 September, Crête-à-Pierrot was in port at Gonaïves , with Killick and most of the crew on Shore leave when Panther appeared.[6] [6] [5] Captain LaPorte , wrapped himself in a Haitian flag, fired the aft magazine, and blew up the ship rather than let the Germans take her.[6] [7] down with the ship .[6]
An hour later, Panther fired thirty shots at Crête-à-Pierrot to finish it off, then sailed away.[7] salvaged , along with the bodies of the crew that remained on board.[7]
Gallery [ edit ]
SMS Panther , the German ship sent to capture
Crête-à-Pierrot .
Admiral Hammerton Killick, who destroyed the ship rather than let the Germans have her.
Pierre Nord Alexis, the 19th President of Haiti.
Anténor Firmin. The ship was destroyed in civil war over who would become the 19th President of Haiti.
Haitian gunboat Crête-à-Pierrot on 6 September 1902 at the Port of Gonaives shortly before the sinking by SMS Panther .
The Haitian gunboat Crete-à-Pierrot sinking after bombardment by SMS Panther in the port of Gonaives 6 September 1902.
Wreck of the Haitian gunboat Crete-à-Pierrot in the port of Gonaives on 6 September 1902.
References [ edit ]
^ a b "The Sinking of a Haitian Gunboat". The Times . No. 36868. London. 9 September 1902. col A, p. 3.
^ a b c Neal, William George, ed. (1 December 1895). "Armed Cruiser for the Haytian Government" . The Marine Engineer . XXII : 355. Retrieved 25 February 2015 .
^ a b c Hesketh-Prichard, Hesketh Vernon (15 October 2012). Where Black Rules White: A Journey Through and About Hayti ISBN 9780956183583
^ a b Dubois, Laurent (3 January 2012). Haiti: The Aftershocks of History ISBN 9780805095623
^ a b c d Smith, Matthew (20 October 2014). Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation . UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469617985
^ a b c d Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 years after 1804 ISBN 978-0974752105 the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2015 .
^ a b c "Killick Went Down with His Warship" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 3 February 2015 .
Bibliography [ edit ]
Davis, William H. (1977). "Question 3/77". Warship International . XIV (3 ): 262–263. ISSN 0043-0374 .
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