French battleship Jauréguiberry

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Jaureguiberry
Jaureguiberry

The Jauréguiberry was a battleship of the French Navy after admiral Bernard Jauréguiberry.

Built between 1891 and 1897, the Jauréguiberry was one of the class of four roughly similar battleships produced for the Marine Nationale in the 1890s, including the Masséna, Bouvet, and Charles Martel. These vessels all relied on the "diamond layout" for their main armament — a design that minimized the cramped upper decks produced by the exaggerated tumble-home favored by French designers, and capitalized on the bulging sides of the vessels. The 10,000-tonne Jaureguiberry had room only for one 300mm gun in her bow and stern turrets, which were placed uncomfortably close to the extremities of the ship. Secondary armament (two 250mm guns) was carried in single turrets on the ship's beam, while 150 guns were mounted in four twin turrets sited symmetrically just outboard of the 300mm guns. The ship had armored masts with electric elevators inside, and many other innovations which became standard in the French fleet. Jaureguiberry fought in the Gallipoli campaign in WWI and also in the Mediterranean.


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