FR Bouvet
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Bouvet
was a French dreadnought laid down by Charles
Ernest Huin in Lorient in January 1893 and was launched in
April 1886. She was commissioned two years later and had a
quiet career until the outbreak of World War One. From
August to November 1914 she escorted convoys transporting
soldiers from North Africa to France. In the beginning of
1915 she was ordered to participate in the Dardanelles
Operation against Turkey. 18. March 1915 she
participated in bombarding Ottoman fortresses, and that
same afternoon she hit a mine and sank within two minutes
with the loss of 643 men. Newly found historical
pictures raise questions that it might have been Ottoman
artillery and not a mine that was the cause, but this is
debated. The wreck rest today in the narrows at
Dardanelles on a depth of 48 to 60 meter southwest of
Güzelyali.
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| 40° 1′ 15″ N, 26° 16′ 30″ E  Picture: Bouvet at anchor in 1912 , Public domain Last updated: June 2019
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