French battleship Jauréguiberry

	Jauréguiberry steaming at high speed, probably during her sea trials in 1896–1897
Class overview
Preceded by	Carnot
Succeeded by	Masséna
History
France
Name	Jauréguiberry
Namesake	Bernard Jauréguiberry
Ordered	8 April 1891
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down	23 April 1891
Launched	27 October 1893
Completed	30 January 1897
Commissioned	16 February 1897
Decommissioned	30 March 1919
Stricken	20 June 1920
Fate	Sold for scrap, 23 June 1934
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	11,818 t (11,631 long tons) (normal); 12,229 t (12,036 long tons) (full load);
Length	111.9 m (367 ft 2 in)
Beam	23 m (75 ft 6 in)
Draft	8.45 m (27 ft 9 in)
Installed power	24 boilers; 14,441 ihp (10,769 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	3,920 nmi (7,260 km; 4,510 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	597 (1905)
Armament	2 × single 305 mm (12 in) guns; 2 × single 274 mm (10.8 in) guns; 4 × twin 138 mm (5.4 in) guns; 4 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns; 14 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 6 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Waterline belt: 160–400 mm (6.3–15.7 in); Upper belt: 120–170 mm (4.7–6.7 in); Deck: 90 mm (3.5 in); Turrets: 280–370 mm (11–15 in); Conning tower: 250 mm (9.8 in);

Jauréguiberry was a pre-dreadnought battleship constructed for the French Navy (French: Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Built in response to a naval expansion program of the British Royal Navy, she was one of a group of five roughly similar battleships, including Masséna, Bouvet, Carnot, and Charles Martel. Jauréguiberry was armed with a mixed battery of 305 mm (12 in), 274 mm (10.8 in) and 138 mm (5.4 in) guns. Constraints on displacement imposed by the French naval command produced a series of ships that were significantly inferior to their British counterparts, suffering from poor stability and a mixed armament that was difficult to control in combat conditions.

In peacetime the ship participated in routine training exercises and cruises in the Mediterranean Sea, primarily as part of the Mediterranean Squadron. The ship was involved in several accidents, including a boiler explosion and an accidental torpedo detonation that delayed her entry into service in 1897. Two more torpedo explosions occurred in 1902 and 1905, and she ran aground during a visit to Portsmouth in August 1905. By 1907, she had been transferred to the Reserve Division, although she continued to participate in maneuvers and other peacetime activities.

Following the outbreak of World War I in July 1914, Jauréguiberry escorted troop convoys from North Africa and India to France. She supported French troops during the Gallipoli Campaign, including during the landing at Cape Helles in April 1915, before she became guardship at Port Said from 1916 until the end of the war. Upon her return to France in 1919 she became an accommodation hulk until 1932. The ship was sold for scrap in 1934.

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