French battleship Jauréguiberry Jauréguiberry was a pre - dreadnought battleship of the French Navy ( ) , launched in 1893 . She was one of the class of five roughly similar battleships built in the 1890s , including " Masséna " , " Bouvet " , " Carnot " , and " Charles Martel " ; " Jauréguiberry " and the latter two are sometimes erroneously referenced as a single class . She was named after Admiral Bernard Jauréguiberry . " Jauréguiberry " was in the Mediterranean when World War I began and she spent most of 1914 escorting troop convoys from North Africa and India to France . She supported French troops during the Gallipolli Campaign in 1915 before she became guardship at Port Said from 1916 for the rest of the war . Upon her return to France in 1919 she became an accommodation hulk until 1932 . She was sold for scrapping in 1934 . Design and description . The " Charles Martel " group of battleships all shared the same layout for their main and secondary armament — a design that minimised the cramped upper decks produced by the pronounced tumblehome favoured by French designers , and capitalised on the bulging sides of the vessels . The bow and stern turrets had only a single gun and were placed uncomfortably close to the extremities of the ship in " Jauréguiberry " because she was some shorter than the other ships in the group . The single turrets of the secondary armament were mounted on the ship ' s beam , while the guns were mounted in four twin turrets sited symmetrically behind and outboard of the main gun turrets . General characteristics . " Jauréguiberry " was long overall . She had a maximum beam of and a draught of . She displaced at normal load and at full load . In 1905 her captain described her as an excellent sea - boat and a good fighting ship , although her secondary armament was too light . He also said that she was stable and well laid - out with good living conditions . Propulsion . " Jauréguiberry " had two vertical triple expansion steam engines , also built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée . On trials they developed and drove the ship to a maximum speed of . Each engine drove a propeller . Twenty - four Lagraffel d ' Allest water - tube boilers provided steam for the engines at a pressure of . She normally carried of coal , but could carry a maximum of . This gave her a radius of action of at . Armament . " Jauréguiberry " s main armament consisted of two 45 - calibre Canon de 305 mm Modèle 1887 gun s in two single - gun turrets , one each fore and aft . Each turret had an arc of fire of 250° . The guns could probably be depressed to −5° and elevated to 15° . They fired projectiles at the rate of 1 round per minute at a muzzle velocity of which gave a range of at maximum elevation . Her secondary armament consisted of two Canon de 274 mm Modèle 1887 gun s in two single - gun turrets , one amidships on each side , sponsoned out over the tumblehome of the ship ' s sides . Eight 45 - calibre 138 mm Canon de 138 . 6 mm Modèle 1891 gun s were mounted in manually operated twin turrets at the corners of the superstructure with 160° arcs of fire . The guns could depress to - 10° and elevate to + 25° . They fired armour - piercing shells at a muzzle velocity of which gave a range of at maximum elevation . Their rate of fire was about 4 rounds per minute . Defense against torpedo boat s was provided by a variety of light - caliber weapons . Sources disagree on the number and types , possibly indicating changes over the ship ' s lifetime . All sources agree on four 50 - calibre ( 9 - pounder ) guns . These fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of . Gibbons and Gardiner agree on twelve , later eighteen , although d ' Ausson lists fourteen , 40 - calibre Canon de 47 mm Modèle 1885 Hotchkiss guns that were mounted in the fighting top s and on the superstructure . They fired a projectile at to a maximum range of . Their theoretical maximum rate of fire was fifteen rounds per minute , but only seven rounds per minute sustained . Gibbons and Gardiner agree that eight Hotchkiss 5 - barrel revolving guns were mounted on the fore and aft superstructures , although none are listed by d ' Ausson . They fired a shell weighing about at a muzzle velocity of about at a rate of 30 rounds per minute to a range about . Six torpedo tube s were initially fitted . Two each were above water in the bow and stern and one was on each broadside underwater . The above - water tubes were removed during a refit in 1906 . Armour . " Jauréguiberry " had a total of of nickel steel armour ; equal to 33 . 5 % of her normal displacement . Her waterline belt ranged from in thickness . Above it was the upper belt that was thick ; the thicker portions protecting the above - water torpedo tubes . The armoured deck rested on the top of the waterline belt . Her main gun turret s were protected by of armour while her secondary turrets had of armour . Her conning tower walls were thick . Service . " Jauréguiberry " was ordered on 8 April 1891 and laid down that November at Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne - sur - Mer . She was launched on 27 October 1893 and was complete enough to begin her trials on 30 January 1896 . A tube in one of her boilers burst on 10 June during a 24 - hour engine trial , killing six and wounding three . Two months later she suffered an accident during firing trials of her main armament . She was finally commissioned on 16 February 1897 , although the explosion of a torpedo ' s air chamber on 30 March delayed her assignment to the Mediterranean Fleet until 17 May . On 20 January 1902 the air chamber of another torpedo exploded , killing one sailor and wounding three . In September she transported the Minister of the Navy to Bizerte . " Jauréguiberry " was transferred to the Northern Squadron in 1904 and arrived at Brest on 25 March . She was lightly damaged when she touched a rock while entering Brest in fog on 18 July and in another incident her steering compartment was flooded when a torpedo air flask burst between her screws during a torpedo - launching exercise on 18 May 1905 . While visiting Portsmouth on 14 August " Jauréguiberry " ran aground for a short time in the outer harbour . She returned to the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1907 where she was assigned to the Reserve Division , and the following year was reassigned to the Third Division . In 1909 the 3rd and 4th Divisions were reformed into the 2nd Independent Squadron and transferred to the Atlantic in 1910 . Beginning on 29 September 1910 her boiler tubes were renewed at Cherbourg . In October 1912 the Squadron was reassigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and a year later , in October 1913 , " Jauréguiberry " was transferred to the Training Division of which she became the flagship in April 1914 . After the start of World War I " Jauréguiberry " was assigned to escort troop convoys between North Africa and France . She also escorted a convoy of Indian troops in September 1914 . She was stationed at Bizerte from December 1914 to February 1915 when she sailed to Port Said to become flagship of the Syrian Division . " Jauréguiberry " departed Port Said on 25 March for the Dardanelles to replace the pre - dreadnoughts and and upon her arrival became the flagship of Admiral Guépratte during the subsequent operations . She provided gunfire support to the troops during the initial landings on 25 April and subsequently until 26 May . She was lightly damaged by Turkish artillery on 30 April and 5 May , but continued to fire her guns as needed . " Jauréguiberry " was recalled to Port Said on 19 July and bombarded Turkish - owned Haifa on 13 August . She resumed her role as flagship of the Syrian Division on 19 August . She participated in the occupation of Ile Rouad on 1 September and other missions off the Syrian coast until she was transferred to Ismailia in January 1916 to assist in the defense of the Suez Canal , although she returned to Port Said shortly afterward . " Jauréguiberry " was refitted at Malta between 25 November and 26 December 1916 , returning to Port Said . She landed some of her guns to help defend the Canal in 1917 and was reduced to reserve in 1918 . She arrived at Toulon on 6 March 1919 where she was decommissioned and transferred to the Engineer ' s Training School on 30 March for use as an accommodation hulk . She was stricken from the Navy List on 20 June 1920 , but remained assigned to the Engineer ' s School until 1932 . " Jauréguiberry " was sold for scrapping on 23 June 1934 for the price of 1 , 147 , 000 F .