- Louis Jaurès
Marie Paul Louis Jaurès (
Castres , 18 August 1860 -Paris , 30 October 1937) was a French admiral and deputy. He was the brother ofJean Jaurès .After his studies at the
École Navale , Louis Jaurès took part in the trials of the "Gymnote ". In 1903, Jaurès wascapitaine de frégate , in command of the "Galilée"; he was sent to rescue five sailors abandoned in Africa by their employer, Jacques Lebaudy, who had turned insane.Jaurès later took command of the "Gloire". The ship suffered an accidental explosion on 20 September 1911 which caused limited damage.
Promoted to
capitaine de vaisseau , Jaurès took command of the first-rank battleship "Liberté" on 24 November 1910. On 25 September 1911, as Jaurès was on shore leave, the "Liberté" was destroyed by an accidental explosion. He was put on trial and slandered by the right-wing press, but was acquitted by the martial court.During the
First World War , Jaurès waspréfet maritime ofCherbourg .Jaurès reached the rank of
vice-admiral , and took up a political career as a Socialist-Republican deputy forParis .Honours
* Grand officer of the
Legion of Honour
*Distinguished Service Medal
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