īrennus was the first pre-dreadnought style battleship built in the French Navy the previous Magenta-class ships were barbette ships, a type of ironclad battleship. The two pairs of ships were, nevertheless, distinct vessels. This confusion may be a result of the same shipyard working on both of the ships named Brennus, along with use of material assembled for the first vessel to build the second. After Aube's retirement, the plans for the ships were reworked entirely for the ships actually completed, though they are sometimes conflated with the earlier, cancelled vessels. The vessel, along with a sister ship named Charles Martel, was a modified version of the Marceau-class ironclad battleships. 1.1 General characteristics and machineryĪn earlier vessel, also named Brennus, was laid down in 1884 and cancelled under the tenure of Admiral Théophile Aube.She was ultimately stricken from the naval register in 1919 and sold for scrap three years later. By the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, her old age and poor condition prevented her from seeing action. As newer battleships were commissioned into the fleet, Brennus was relegated to the Reserve Squadron in the early 1900s. In 1900, she accidentally rammed and sank the destroyer Framée.
She formed the basis for several subsequent designs, beginning with Charles Martel.īrennus spent the majority of her career in the Mediterranean Squadron, and she served as its flagship early in her career. These included a main battery of heavy guns mounted on the centerline and the first use of Belleville boilers. Her design was unique and departed from earlier ironclad battleship designs by introducing a number of innovations. She was laid down in January 1889, launched in October 1891, and completed in 1896. Brennus was the first pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built in the late 19th century.
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