From the Collection: Darrot, Paul Jean Gaston, 1892-1958
Published / Created:
circa 1914-circa 1918
Call Number:
MS 591
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 47
Image Count:
1
Description:
Léon Gambetta , an armoured cruiser, was part of the French fleet based at Malta blockading the Austrian Navy in the Adriatic. On April 27, 1915, she was torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U-5 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp, patriarch of the Von Trapp Family Singers. Of the 821 men on board, only 137 survived.