french battleship france france ship class battleships dreadnoughts built french_navy completed world war naval building programme spent war mediterranean covering barrage adriatic france accompanied sister ship sent black_sea oppose russian civil war crew briefly april combination war communist crew difficult conditions mutiny general lack morale crew caused return france later month striking rock french coast hours later description france metres long overall beam metres load draft metres bow displaced tonnes long tons standard load tonnes long tons load proved wet service bow heavy superimposed turrets forward france propellers powered parsons direct drive steam turbines rated shaft horsepower belleville water tube boilers provided steam turbines boilers coal burning auxiliary oil designed speed knots mph carried long tons coal long tons oil steam nautical miles speed knots mph france main armament consisted millimetre calibre guns mounted twin gun turrets turrets superimposed fore aft flank ship anti torpedo boat defence carried millimetre guns mounted casemates millimetre modèle hotchkiss guns fitted beam armed millimetre submerged torpedo tubes torpedoes france waterline armoured belt extended waterline french concerned protection underwater hits main armour thinner british german counterparts covered area millimetres thick fore aft turrets tapered bow stern extended metres normal waterline main belt belt thick covered sides secondary armament forecastle deck metres deep fore aft turrets conning tower armour thick main gun turrets millimetres armour faces millimetres sides roofs millimetres thick barbettes millimetres armour anti torpedo bulkhead longitudinal bulkhead abreast machinery spaces coal bunker left void career france sister ship paris ordered august naval programme built keel laid november launched november commissioned day celebrations immediately commissioned escorted carried president state visit saint_petersburg russia july returned russia shortly world war began world war france return ordered sister ships serve mediterranean_sea austro hungarian ottoman navies spent providing gunfire support submarine torpedoed december forced battleships fall malta french occupied neutral greek island moved forward activities limited crews man anti submarine ships war france paris supported allied forces black_sea allied intervention russian civil war briefly broke ships april collapsed vice admiral agreed meet main demand ships home crewmen sentenced prison terms return bargain prime minister parties left august struck rock hours later crew lost modernized loss
French battleship France