HMS "Leviathan"

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Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough: The affable and somewhat easy-going Captain McTeague and his deputy, the martinet Commander Markready.In addition, Britain and Spain had spent most of the year on the brink of war in what is now known as the Spanish Armaments Crisis. The Spaniards had mistakenly identified the two British ships to be members of the convoy and had allowed them to get within hailing range.

On 2 December, she was in Cromarty Firth and hoisted the flag of Rear Admiral Archibald Moore, commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron. By 1918, the British were sending over 67 million lbs (30 million kg) of meat to the Western Front each month. The enemy force turned out to be the Spanish ships Flora (40), Proserpine (40), Santa Cazilda (34), Pomona (34) and the former HMS Peterel, which had been taken the previous day. QUOTE=navalis;45157]It was indeed the LEVIATHAN - I was told the tale about her having a twisted keel as well.

On the port side of the funnels three boats are stowed on davits and two boats are stowed on cradles.

Aft of the funnels is a nest of five boats, three of which are steam vessels, two of which are large rowing boats stowed one inside of the other.

William Shannon; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 44; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Custodian of Liverpool. Leviathan, named after the Biblical sea monster, [8] was laid down by John Brown and Company at their shipyard in Clydebank on 30 November 1899. As the sun rose on the 1st June 1794, things had fallen into place very nicely for Lord Howe and his force.