 "Liberté" was badly damaged by the blast, with both central 194 mm turrets thrown overboard, the deck amidships collapsed, and the forward of the ship was completely destroyed.The forward turret was blasted apart, and only one of the guns was recovered, having been hurled into the muddy bottom of the harbor.The explosion hurled a chunk of armor plate from the ship into the battleship "République" moored some away, which caused significant damage.