An item reported that during gun exercises on board of the Bouvines a grenade of the 4,7cm Hotchkiss gun mounted in the top caused a bursting flame killing a sailor with a 1st lieutenant severe wounded and a second 1st lieutenant and the vice admiral slight wounded.(1)
Note
1. Of the Bouvines-class battleships consisting of the Amiral Tréhouart and Bouvines, preceded by the Jemmapes-class. Laid down by F.C. de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France in September 1890, launched on 29 March 1893, completed in December 1894 and stricken in 1920.
Note
1. Of the Bouvines-class battleships consisting of the Amiral Tréhouart and Bouvines, preceded by the Jemmapes-class. Laid down by F.C. de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France in September 1890, launched on 29 March 1893, completed in December 1894 and stricken in 1920.
