Émile Paul Amable Guépratte
| Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte | |
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Émile Guépratte in 1925
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| Nickname(s) |
Point d'honneur (" the British), Srpska majka ("Serbian mother" by the Serbs) |
| Born | 30 August 1856 Granville |
| Died | 21 November 1939 (aged 83) Brest |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/branch |
 French Navy
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| Years of service | 1874 — 1918 |
| Rank | vice-admiral |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Gallipoli |
| Awards |
Legion of Honour |
Point d'honneur (" the British),
Legion of Honour
Order of St. George
Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte (30 August 1856 – 21 November 1939) was a French admiral.
Guépratte was born in Granville to a family of naval officers. He studied at the Lycée impérial in Brest from 1868, and joined the École Navale on 1 October 1871.
He was made an officer on 5 October 1874, and promoted to Enseigne de vaisseau on 1 December 1877. He served in Tunisia aboard the Marengo. He studied torpedo operations and served on the Amiral Duperré as a torpedo expert before receiving his first command in 1889.
In 1891, he was second officer of the Forfait. He went on to command the gunboat Caronade in Indochina, the anti-submarine defences of Brest, a destroyer and the cruiser Foudre, rising in rank to capitaine de vaisseau.
In 1905, Guépratte took command of the Jeanne d'Arc.
Guépratte was promoted to contre-amiral on 2 September 1912. At the outbreak of the First World War, he led a squadron of old battleships in the Mediterranean. He was sent to the Dardanelles to back the British Mediterranean Fleet of Admiral Sackville Carden.
On the 3 November 1914, the Suffren, Vérité, Indomitable and Indefatigable started shelling the forts defending the strait, initiating the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign.
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