French battleship Suffren
- French battleship Suffren
The "Suffren" was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the French navy, launched in July 1899 and torpedoed off Lisbon on 26 November 1916, going down with all hands. She was named after French admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez.
In 1915 "Suffren" was the flagship of the squadron of four French battleships, commanded by Rear-Admiral Émile Guépratte, which took part in the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. During the attack on the Narrows of the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915, "Suffren" suffered heavy damage from Turkish shore-based artillery which flooded compartments and disabled a number of guns. "Suffren" underwent repairs at Malta.
Having supported operations at Gallipoli and Salonika, "Suffren" was returning to Lorient for a refit when, on 26 November 1916, off the Portuguese coast near Lisbon, she was torpedoed by "U 52". Accumulated damage meant she could only manage 10 knots but heavy seas meant she was only travelling at 9 knots, and without an escort, when attacked. The torpedo detonated a magazine and "Suffren" sank within seconds, taking the crew of 648 with her.
See French ship "Suffren" for other ships of this name.
External links
* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/suffren.htm "Suffren" at Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyFrench.htm Navies of World War I: French Navy]
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