French battleship Bouvet

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The French battleship Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought warship of the French Navy that famously sank after striking a mine during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.

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instanceOf French Navy ship
pre-dreadnought battleship
warship
armament 2 × 305 mm main guns in twin turrets
4 × 274 mm guns in twin turrets
8 × 138.6 mm guns
smaller quick-firing guns
torpedo tubes
armor armored turrets and barbettes
belt armor up to about 400 mm thick
beam 20.3 metres
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
builder Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
casualties over 600 crew lost
causeOfLoss Ottoman defensive minefield
commissioned 1898
conflict World War I
country France
crew about 700 officers and men
dateOfSinking 18 March 1915
displacement about 11,000 tonnes
draft 8.4 metres
engagedAgainst Ottoman Empire
era pre-dreadnought era
fate sunk after striking a mine
hullType steel-hulled armored battleship
laidDown 1893
launched 1896
length 117.7 metres
namedAfter Georges Bouvet
navalArchitecture mixed-caliber main and secondary batteries
notableFor rapid sinking during the Dardanelles naval operations
operation Dardanelles naval operations
surface form: Dardanelles campaign

Battle of Gallipoli
surface form: Gallipoli campaign
operator French Navy
placeBuilt Saint-Nazaire
placeOfSinking Dardanelles
surface form: Dardanelles Strait
powerOutput about 14,500 indicated horsepower
propulsion coal-fired boilers
vertical triple-expansion steam engines
serviceEntry late 1890s
shipClass Charlemagne-class battleship
sisterShip French battleship Charlemagne
French battleship Gaulois
theater Mediterranean Sea
timeToSink within a few minutes after mine strike
topSpeed about 18 knots

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Dardanelles naval operations involvedVessel French battleship Bouvet