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Sunday, 17 May 2026

French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière lying at Piraeus, Greece according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 11 August 1917

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An item referred to an intercepted letter reporting that the French armored cruiser Jurien de la Gravière on 20 July was lying at Piraeus, Greece.(1)

Note

1. Not an armoured but a protected cruiser, laid down by Lorient on 17 November 1897, launched on 26 June 1899, completed on 16 June 1903, commissioned on 15 May 1921, stricken on 27 July 1921 and scrapped in 1922.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM-40-622

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