Gaulois
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Gaulois
was a Charlemagne class dreadnought laid down by Arsenal
de Brest in January 1896. She was launched nine months
later an was commissioned in Jnaury 1899. At the outbreak
of The Great War in 1914, she was assigned to escort troop
transfers from North Africa to France. After completing
maintenance on her gun towers, she was sent to the
Mediterranean and participated in the bombardment of the
Turkish forts at Gallipoli under the Dardanelles Campaign.
It became clear that the operationshere didn't go as
planned, and in January 1916 she covered the withdrawal of
the Anzac troops. On her way to support the Salonika
front, escorted by a destroyer and two armed trawlers
27. December 1916, she was spotted and torpedoed
by the German uboat UB-47. She disappeared in the deep
thirty minutes later outside Cape Maleas. It is believed
the wreck rest on a depth of 4-500 meter.
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| Official position: 36°15′N 23°42′E  Picture: Gaulois Wikipedia, Public domain |
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