Francis H. Leggett was an American-flagged steam-powered schooner built in 1903 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, as a timber-hauling...
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Texas, USA Leggett (surname) Leggett & Platt, a manufacturing company Francis H. Leggett, a ship commissioned in 1903 Leggett or Leggett's, a former upscale...
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Elizabeth MacLeod Sturges Leggett (January 24, 1857 – October 1, 1931), also known as Bessie Leggett or Betty Leggett, was an American socialite, letter...
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SS Francis H. Leggett, which sank off the Oregon coast on September 18, 1914, with a loss of all but two of the 62 aboard, ("No. 2925: The Francis H. Leggett"...
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rather than speed. Oceanic was designed for a service speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). She was powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion engines, which...
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S. registry. The WSB call sign had been held by two ships (the SS Francis H. Leggett, shipwrecked off Oregon's coast on September 18, 1914, and later the...
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knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The engines were powered by 30 Belleville boilers. On her sea trials, Cressy only reached 20.7 knots (38.3 km/h; 23.8 mph), the...
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TUESDAY, the 6th of APRIL, 1915. p. 3550. For services in the action between H.M.S. "Carmania" and the German Armed Merchant Cruiser "Cap Trafalgar," on...
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indicated horsepower (16,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The engines were powered by 30 Belleville boilers. On their sea...
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designed to give a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph), although Hogue reached 22.06 knots (40.86 km/h; 25.39 mph) with 21,432 indicated horsepower (15...
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Wrecked Again". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 21 July 1900. p. 5. "The Francis H. Leggett shipwreck". Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. 30 December 2018...
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Destroyer Flotilla based at Rosyth in the Firth of Forth and commanded by Capt Francis Martin-Leake. Pathfinder was sunk off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, Scotland...
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Thornycroft boilers. Iltis could steam at a top speed of 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) at 1,378 metric horsepower (1,359 ihp). The ship had a cruising...
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E-class submarines a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) while surfaced and 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) when submerged. They carried approximately...
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her father died, her mother remarried to New York wholesale grocer Francis H. Leggett in a small ceremony in Paris. In 1890, her stepfather built a large...
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explosion Accident – coal mine Fayette City, Pennsylvania 35 1914 Francis H. Leggett Accident – shipwreck Off Columbia Bar, Oregon 35 1919 J. A. Chanslor...
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HMAS AE1, SMS Cap Trafalgar, Clan Matheson 17 Sep: Fisgard II 18 Sep: Francis H. Leggett 20 Sep: HMS Pegasus 22 Sep: HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue, Zélée...
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HMAS AE1, SMS Cap Trafalgar, Clan Matheson 17 Sep: Fisgard II 18 Sep: Francis H. Leggett 20 Sep: HMS Pegasus 22 Sep: HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue, Zélée...
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from the steam schooner Francis H. Leggett, but did not provide aid due to the presence of a German cruiser nearby. The Leggett later sank, with only 2...
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3 in (2.51 m) which gave a design speed of 18.7 knots (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h). The revised machinery arrangements were much more reliable and made it easier...
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construction staff prepared a design for a new vessel, provisionally designated "H", which remedied the problems of the earlier vessels, in part through a significant...
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Thornycroft boilers. Luchs could steam at a top speed of 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) at 1,345 metric horsepower (1,327 ihp). The ship had a cruising...
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HMAS AE1, SMS Cap Trafalgar, Clan Matheson 17 Sep: Fisgard II 18 Sep: Francis H. Leggett 20 Sep: HMS Pegasus 22 Sep: HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue, Zélée...
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screw propeller, and moved the ship at up to 13.0 knots (15.0 mph; 24.1 km/h). In early 1900s, the Clan Line operated two main routes between United Kingdom...
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strategy on the southern part of the Western Front. American steamship Francis H. Leggett sank during a storm off the coast of Oregon with the loss of 60 of...
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HMAS AE1, SMS Cap Trafalgar, Clan Matheson 17 Sep: Fisgard II 18 Sep: Francis H. Leggett 20 Sep: HMS Pegasus 22 Sep: HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue, Zélée...
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Theodore Whitmarsh (redirect from Theodore Francis Whitmarsh)
working for his uncle Francis Howard Leggett (1840–1909), who was a prominent wholesale grocer and the owner of Francis H. Leggett & Co. In 1896, he became...
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5-centimeter (4.1 in) guns, and could steam at a speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph). Cormoran spent the majority of her career abroad, usually in Germany's...
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built in 1919 by Ames, was Western Ally, hit a mine and sank in 1944 Francis H. Leggett SS Charles R. McCormick, Built in 1920 by Standifer, of Vancouver...
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subsequently installed. After the company's grocery business was sold to Francis H. Leggett & Co. in 1938 or 1939, the company's focus turned exclusively to liquor...
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