french battleship class semi dreadnought battleships built french_navy world war began august unsuccessfully searched german battlecruiser light cruiser western later month ship participated adriatic_sea helped sink austro hungarian protected cruiser spent rest war blockading dardanelles german austro hungarian turkish warships war modernized subsequently training ship ship converted accommodation hulk captured intact germans occupied november house sailors navy kriegsmarine badly damaged allied bombing later raised scrapped design description class battleships significant improvement preceding class advent dreadnought completed combined poor traits including great weight coal carry unsuccessful ships overall numerous rapid firing guns use mediterranean meters long overall beam load draft displaced metric tons long tons deep load crew officers enlisted men ship powered parsons steam turbines steam generated boilers turbines rated shaft horsepower provided speed knots mph reached speed knots mph sea trials carried maximum tonnes long tons coal allowed steam miles nmi speed knots mph main battery consisted modèle guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary battery consisted modèle guns twin turrets ship number smaller guns carried defense torpedo boats included sixteen guns hotchkiss guns ship armed submerged torpedo tubes ship main belt thick main battery protected armor conning tower thick sides wartime modifications war anti aircraft guns installed roofs ship forward gun turrets mainmast shortened allow ship fly captive balloon elevation guns increased extended range meters career begun december ship laid august launched april completed july initially assigned 1st division 1st squadron mediterranean_fleet commissioned ship participated combined fleet maneuvers tunisia june subsequent naval review conducted president france june joined squadron tour october december participated grand fleet exercise mediterranean world war beginning war ship sister dreadnought unsuccessfully searched german battlecruiser light cruiser august cruised attempt prevent german ships breaking west august combined admiral including sweep adriatic_sea allied ships encountered austro hungarian cruiser escorted destroyer blockading coast montenegro ships escape remained allow away sunk gunfire battle coast bar montenegro subsequently participated number raids adriatic later year patrolled december ship participated distant blockade based december athens contributed troops allied attempt ensure greek allied operations macedonia shortly transferred prevent breaking mediterranean remained september ship transferred 2nd division 1st squadron returned remained rest war postwar career december march represented france allied squadron supervised settlement yugoslav question ship assigned french_navy modernized improve underwater protection aft guns removed sisters assigned housed torpedo electrical schools torpedo tube fitted port quarterdeck partially disarmed converted accommodation hulk propellers removed famous underwater explorer began diving stationed aboard ship april ship towed sea evaluate battleship battle september gun explosion breech shell thought cause number shots successfully fired aft turret remote control following july ship modified house signal radio schools areas installed bases funnels removed previously latest radio equipment installed students train later year accidentally rammed submarine leaving drydock impact ship hull flooded compartment required repairs ship captured intact germans occupied november unlike bulk toulon scuttled aboard germans barracks ship badly damaged allied aircraft august scuttled month germans ship salvaged september listed sale december breaking completed
French battleship Condorcet