3620850 Explosion on board the French battleship Iena, injuring Admiral Manceron (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Explosion on board the French battleship Iena, injuring Admiral Manceron. Un deuil national. The ship was devastated by a series of explosions within one of its magazines while in dry dock in Toulon. The accident was determined to have been caused by a propellant used in the ammuniton which became unstable with age. The disaster, which caused the loss of 120 lives, caused a political scandal which led to the resignation of the French Naval Minister, Gaston Thomson. Terrible explosion a bord du cuirasse Iena - l,Amiral Manceron blesse. Illustration for Le Petit Parisien, 31 March 1907.); by Look and Learn.