Bruix was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Étienne Eustache Bruix

Étienne Eustache Bruix

Étienne Eustache Bruix was a French sailor.-Life:From a distinguished family originating from Béarn, he embarked as a volunteer on a slaving vessel commanded by captain Jean-François Landolphe...

. After her trials in 1895, she served in the Caribbean and in the Far East. After the outbreak of the First World War, along with Surprise, she was sent off Africa to invade Cameroon, putting an end to the German colony of Kamerun

Kamerun

German Cameroon was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.-History:-1800s:...

. In 1916, she took part in operations in the Mediterranean and notably in the blockade of Greece in the Noemvriana

Noemvriana

The Noemvriana of November–December 1916 was a political dispute, which led to an armed confrontation in Athens between the royalist government of Greece and the Allies forces over the issue of Greece's neutrality during World War I....

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