french battleship pre dreadnought battleship french_navy french launched class roughly similar battleships built 1890s including erroneously referenced single class named admiral mediterranean world war began spent escorting troop convoys north_africa india france supported french troops port said rest war return france accommodation hulk sold scrapping design description group battleships shared layout main secondary armament design cramped upper decks produced pronounced favoured french designers sides vessels bow stern turrets single gun placed close ship metres shorter ships group single turrets secondary armament mounted ship beam millimetre guns mounted twin turrets sited main gun turrets general characteristics metres long overall maximum beam metres draught metres displaced tonnes long tons normal load tonnes long tons load captain described excellent sea boat good fighting ship secondary armament light said stable laid good living conditions propulsion vertical triple expansion steam engines built trials developed indicated horsepower drove ship maximum speed knots mph engine drove metre propeller water tube boilers provided steam engines pressure cm2 kpa psi normally carried tonnes long tons coal carry maximum tonnes long tons gave radius action nautical miles knots mph armament main armament consisted millimetre calibre canon modèle guns single gun turrets fore aft turret arc fire guns probably depressed elevated fired kilogram projectiles rate round minute muzzle velocity metres second gave range maximum elevation secondary armament consisted millimetre modèle guns single gun turrets amidships ship sides calibre canon modèle guns mounted manually operated twin turrets corners superstructure arcs fire guns elevate fired kilogram armour piercing shells muzzle velocity metres second gave range maximum elevation rate fire rounds minute defense torpedo boats provided variety light caliber weapons sources disagree number types possibly indicating changes ship lifetime sources agree calibre millimetre pounder guns fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity metres second agree later eighteen lists fourteen calibre canon modèle hotchkiss guns mounted fighting tops superstructure fired kilogram metres second maximum range metres theoretical maximum rate fire rounds minute seven rounds minute sustained agree hotchkiss barrel revolving guns mounted fore aft listed fired shell weighing muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards millimetre torpedo tubes initially fitted water bow stern broadside underwater water tubes removed refit armour total tonnes long tons steel armour equal normal displacement waterline belt ranged thickness upper belt thick thicker portions protecting water torpedo tubes millimetre armoured deck rested waterline belt main gun turrets protected armour secondary turrets millimetres armour conning tower walls thick service ordered april laid november sur launched october complete begin trials january tube boilers burst june hour engine trial killing wounding months later suffered accident firing trials main armament finally commissioned february explosion torpedo air chamber march delayed assignment mediterranean_fleet january air chamber torpedo exploded killing sailor wounding september transported minister navy transferred arrived brest march lightly damaged touched rock entering brest fog july incident steering compartment flooded torpedo air burst screws torpedo launching exercise visiting portsmouth august ran aground short time outer harbour returned mediterranean_fleet february assigned following year reassigned division 3rd reformed 2nd independent squadron transferred atlantic beginning september boiler tubes renewed october squadron reassigned mediterranean_fleet year later october transferred flagship april start world war assigned escort troop convoys north_africa france escorted convoy indian troops september stationed december february sailed flagship departed port said march dardanelles replace pre dreadnoughts arrival flagship admiral subsequent operations provided gunfire support troops initial landings april subsequently lightly damaged turkish artillery april continued fire guns needed recalled july bombarded turkish owned august resumed role flagship august participated occupation september missions syrian coast transferred january assist defense suez_canal returned shortly afterward refitted malta november december returning landed guns help defend canal reduced reserve arrived toulon march decommissioned transferred march use accommodation hulk stricken navy list june remained assigned sold scrapping june price
French battleship Jauréguiberry