Brennus (1891)
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| Brennus (1891) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Arsenal de Lorient[1] |
| Ordered: | 1888 Programme[2] |
| Laid down: | 12 January, 1889 |
| Launched: | 17 October, 1891[3] |
| Completed: | 1896[4] |
| Commissioned: | 16 December, 1896 |
| Stricken: | 1919[5] |
| Sold: | 1922[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Brennus was a pre-dreadnought battleship completed for the French Navy in 1896.
Construction
Brennus was designed and built without a ram in her bow.[7]
Service
Although still on the Navy List in August 1914, Brennus was considered too old for mobilization, and she remained inactive throughout the war.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Eugène Louis Gadaud, 1 January, 1898 – 1 January, 1899
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère, 1 January, 1899[8] – 1 January, 1901
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Eugène Marie Le Léon, 1 January, 1901 – 27 July, 1901
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Jean-Paul Ersatz, 28 July, 1901 – 1 January, 1903
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Victor Sauvan, 1 January, 1903[9] – 15 January, 1904
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis Armand Donin de Rosière, 15 January, 1904 – 15 March, 1904
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Alphonse Guillou, 15 March, 1904[10] – 1 January, 1908
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Pierre Paul Alphonse Lecuve, 1 January, 1908 – 1 October, 1908
- Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis-Ernest Sagot-Duvauroux, 1 October, 1908 – 12 March, 1910
Armament
As Completed[11]
- Three 340mm/42 caliber Modèle 1887 rifled guns
- Ten 164mm/45 caliber Modèle 1893 quick-firing guns
- Four 65mm guns
- Fourteen 47mm Modèle 1885 Hotchkiss guns
- Eight 37mm guns
- Four 460mm torpedo tubes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 292.
- ↑ Brassey's Naval Annual 1887. p. 332.
- ↑ Brassey's Naval Annual 1892. p. 14.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 292.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 191.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 191.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 292.
- ↑ Annuaire de la Marine 1900. p. 807.
- ↑ Annuaire de la Marine 1905. p. 789.
- ↑ Annuaire de la Marine 1906. p. 778.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 292.
Bibliography
- Lord Brassey ed. (1887). The Naval Annual, 1886. Portsmouth: J. Griffin and Co.
- Brassey, T. A. ed. (1892). The Naval Annual, 1892. Portsmouth: J. Griffin and Co.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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