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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=''Brennus'' (1891)
|prefix= 
|name=Brennus
|cat=PreDreadnought
|chain=Battleships
|type=pre-dreadnought
|nat=FR
|order=1888 Programme{{Brasseys1887|p. 332}}
|builder=[[Arsenal de Lorient]]{{Conways1860|p. 292}}
|laid=12 January, 1889
|launch=17 October, 1891{{Brasseys1892|p. 14}}
|purchased=
|comp=1896{{Conways1860|p. 292}}
|comm=16 December, 1896
|decomm=
|strick=1919{{Conways1906|p. 191}}
|fate=Sold
|fatedate=1922{{Conways1906|p. 191}}
|fate2=Broken up
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=#0055A4}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''Brennus''' was a pre-dreadnought battleship completed for the French Navy in 1896.

==Construction==
''Brennus'' was designed and built without a ram in her bow.{{Conways1860|p. 292}}

==Service==
Although still on the Navy List in August 1914, ''Brennus'' was considered too old for mobilization, and she remained inactive throughout the war.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of ''Brennus''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Eugène Louis Gadaud|nick=Eugène Louis Gadaud|appt=1 January, 1898|end=1 January, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Augustin Manuel Hubert Gaston Boué de Lapeyrère|nick=Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère|appt=1 January, 1899{{Annuaire1900|p. 807}}|end=1 January, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Eugène Marie Le Léon|nick=Eugène Marie Le Léon|appt=1 January, 1901|end=27 July, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Jean-Paul Ersatz|nick=Jean-Paul Ersatz|appt=28 July, 1901|end=1 January, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Victor Louis Ferdinand François Sauvan|nick=Victor Sauvan|appt=1 January, 1903{{Annuaire1905|p. 789}}|end=15 January, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Louis Armand Donin de Rosière|nick=Louis Armand Donin de Rosière|appt=15 January, 1904|end=15 March, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Alphonse Guillou|nick=Alphonse Guillou|appt=15 March, 1904{{Annuaire1906|p. 778}}|end=1 January, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Pierre Paul Alphonse Lecuve|nick=Pierre Paul Alphonse Lecuve|appt=1 January, 1908|end=1 October, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptFR}}|name=Louis-Ernest Sagot-Duvauroux|nick=Louis-Ernest Sagot-Duvauroux|appt=1 October, 1908|end=12 March, 1910}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
===As Completed{{Conways1860|p. 292}}===
* Three 340mm/42 caliber Modèle 1887 rifled guns
* Ten 164mm/45 caliber Modèle 1893 quick-firing guns
* Four 65mm guns
* Fourteen 47mm Modèle 1885 Hotchkiss guns
* Eight 37mm guns
* Four 460mm torpedo tubes

==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Brennus}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Brasseys1887}}
* {{Brasseys1892}}
* {{Conways1860}}
{{refend}}

{{Footer Brennus (1891)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brennus}}

{{CatShipPreDreadnought|FR}}
{{CatClassPreDreadnought|FR}}


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