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Leyte


Leyte served the Navies of Spain and the United States.
Gunboat:

  • The first Leyte was laid down in 1886 for the Spanish Navy by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Hong Kong, China
  • Completed in 1890
  • Captured 1 July 1898 during the Spanish-American War
  • Commissioned 22 March 1900
  • Decommissioned 27 January 1902
  • Struck from the Navy list 27 May 1907
  • Sold 16 December 1907
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 151 t.
  • Length 115'
  • Beam 17' 6"
  • Draft 6' 9"
  • Speed 8 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One 6-pounder and two 1-pounders (Added two Colt machine guns in 1905)
  • Propulsion: One Scotch boiler, two vertical compound engines, two shafts.
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    Namesake:

    Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is the eighth largest island in the Philippines by land area

    		 Tommy Trampp
    Leyte 64k Last Stand on Zombie Island
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