Allied Navy - French Battleships
Vérité
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Vérité (E. L. D. 754 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Vérité (A. Bougault 419 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Suffren
Suffren (on the right) and HMS Agamemnon (on the left) on February 25, 1915 during the final bombardment of the Seddülbahir and Kumkale forts. (L’Illustration) |
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Suffren (E. L. D. 772 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Suffren (Clavel Editeur - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Suffren (Giletta - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Suffren (A. Bougault 502 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
Charlemagne
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Deck of Charlemagne and her 139 mm guns during the final bombardment of the Seddülbahir and Kumkale forts on February 25, 1915. (L’Illustration) |
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Charlemagne (LL. - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Gaulois
Gaulois under fire from Turkish forts on February 25, 1915. (L’Illustration) |
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Gaulois on a contemporary painting (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Gaulois leaving Mudros Bay for the Dardanelles. The ship ahead at her left is Charlemagne. (E. L. D. 40-me Série - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Gaulois (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
Bouvet
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Bouvet on a painting made shortly after she entered the service (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Bouvet (E. L. D. 127 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Bouvet (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Bouvet sinking on March 18, 1915. Her position compared with the shoreline shows how fast it happened. The loss of this ship was not a result of hitting the mine – as almost all historians still believe – but of the Turkish artillery fire. (L'Illustration) |
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The battery commander Capt. Hilmi and 2nd Lt. Fahri posing in front of a 240/35 gun from Fort Rumeli Mecidiye (Fort No. 13). Right after the battle of March 18, 1915 it was believed in Turkey that exactly this gun has sunk Bouvet. (Harp Mecmuası) |
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An Ottoman propaganda postcard printed shortly after March 18, 1915 battle and saying that Bouvet was sunk by the Turkish costal battery. (Amag 1009 - Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Exploding Bouvet on an contemporary German painting (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Probably the last picture of Bouvet’s officers. Sitting in the first row from the right are: Capt. Cosmao-Dumanoir, ship’s Second Commander Autric, Midshipman Comberousse (sitting on the deck), Bouvet’s Commander Capt. Rageot de la Touche, the last in the row – 1st Eng. Dumas. (L'Illustration) |
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A handful of Bouvet’s “elders” who survived the ship’s disaster. Sitting in the first row are: Lt. Théverand and Lt. Quernel. Standing in the second row are: Midshipman Villier de la Noue, Midshipman Simon and Lt. Bécam. (L'Illustration) |
