Victor-Baptistin Senès

Victor-Baptistin Senès (Toulon, 31 May 1857 – Léon Gambetta, 27 April 1915) was a French naval officer and admiral.

He then headed the Secrétariat Général majority in Toulon in 1886, and later attended the School of Submarine Defence on the Algésiras.

He was promoted to Frigate captain in 1898, served as aide to the Ministry, and eventually rose to personal secretary of the Minister of War.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1911, and took command of the 2nd Division of the 1st Light Wing, on the armoured cruiser Léon Gambetta.

On 27 April 1915, the Léon Gambetta was torpedoed by the Austrian-Hungarian submarine U-5 off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca.

Victor Baptistin Senès
The Mémorial des Généraux 1914–1918 at the Les Invalides in Paris. Listed are 40 of the generals killed during World War I, as well as Admiral Senès.