Bouvet
French Pre Dreadnaught Battleship. The fifth ship of the Charels
Martel type battleships. but differed with the hull not being cut down to
the main deck. and also having two smaller military masts. The Bouvet was
the best of the the five battleships. as it had face-hardened armour. Bouvet
built aqt Lorient was laid down on the 16th January 1893 and launched
on the 27th April 1896,. completed in June 1898. she serve during world
war one being sent to the Dardanelle's in 1915. On the 18th march
the Bouvet was hit eight times form shells form the forts all struck above
the waterline. her fore turret was put out of action =due to the failure
of the the gas extraction apparatus.. She then struck a 176 lb mine which exploded
below the starboard 10.8 inch turret and this caused the Bouvet to Capsize
and sink in under 2 minutes with the loss of around 660 crew. she
was in poor condition and it is believed that a magazine explosion
probably caused the rapid sinking.
Displacement 12,007 tons,
Speed: 18 Knots. Crew 710 Armament Two 12 inch / 45 cal.
M1893 guns, Two 10.8 inch /45 calibre M1893 guns. and Eight
5.5 inch / 45 caliber guns QF M1888. Eight 3.9 inch, and twelve 3
pounder. Five 1 pounder and two 1 pounder Pom Pom Two 18 inch torpedo Tubes (submerged.) did have two
at AW but these were removed,.
