1915. The "Bouvet" was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in 1896 and sunk by mine in 1915 during World War I. She was one of the so-called "sample battleships" which precluded the "Charlemagne" class battleship. "Bouvet" had face-hardened armour above the waterline, making her one of the most powerfully protected warships of her era (...)