french battleship pre dreadnought battleship built french_navy ship class spent career assigned twice participated occupation port island owned ottoman_empire french expedition international squadron world war began august escorted allied troop convoys months ordered dardanelles november guard sortie mediterranean german battlecruiser joined british ships bombarding turkish fortifications command rear admiral ship transferred later year squadron assigned prevent interference greeks allied operations placed reserve disarmed late condemned later sold scrap design description metres long overall beam metres deep load draught metres forward metres aft displaced metric tons long tons deep load crew consisted officers enlisted men ship cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines engine shaft rated produced metric horsepower ship sea trials steam generated belleville water tube boilers reached speed knots mph trials carried maximum tonnes long tons coal allowed steam miles nmi speed knots mph carried main armament calibre canon modèle guns twin gun turrets fore aft ship secondary armament consisted calibre modèle guns mounted individual casemates remaining pair shielded mounts forecastle deck amidships carried calibre canon modèle guns shielded mounts superstructure ship anti torpedo boat defences consisted calibre canon modèle hotchkiss guns fitted platforms masts superstructure casemates hull mounted millimetre torpedo tubes broadside submerged angled ship axis waterline provided modèle torpedoes common ships generation built shaped ram class ships carried total tonnes long tons harvey armour complete waterline armour belt metres high armour belt tapered maximum thickness thickness lower edge armoured deck thick flat reinforced additional plate angled downwards meet armoured belt main turrets protected armour roofs thick barbettes thick outer walls casemates millimetre guns thick protected transverse bulkheads thick conning tower walls thick roof consisted armour plates communications tube protected armour plates thick construction career named holy roman emperor authorised september ship battleships class ship laid arsenal brest august launched october completed september commissioned days later initially assigned transferred 1st january july combined manoeuvres ship participated naval review conducted president france escorted minister war minister marine tours tunisia later october following year participated international naval review president toulon ships spain italy russia october 1st command rear admiral ordered proceed port landing companies marines occupied major ports island november agreed enforce contracts french companies repay loans french banks 1st early december returned toulon january march deployed waters participated summer fleet exercises later year naval historians claim ship collided march damaged april ships escorted president state visit italy participated annual fleet later summer cartridge spontaneously ignited magazine january suffered damage incident destroyer ship french contribution international squadron briefly occupied november december participated naval review president september following year engaged summer naval manoeuvres transferred 4th division september transferred october port visits having cleaned brest january ship participated large naval review president september placed reserve brest september overhaul ship rolled sea trials completion overhaul assigned training squadron mediterranean_fleet august beginning world war year later world war older french pre dreadnoughts escorted allied troop convoys mediterranean november ordered dardanelles guard sortie bombardment february ship engaged fort effect march penetrate deep dardanelles british battleships suppressed defending turkish fortifications attack fortifications close range french ships ordered relieved british battleships struck sank instantly hit twice opened large hole hull began flood ship escorted north ship beached temporary repairs moderately damaged bombardment continued onwards repairs lasted return assigned des dardanelles naval operations limited bombarding turkish positions support allied troops time ship transferred october joined french squadron assigned prevent interference greeks allied operations greece relieved major refit lasted august returned later month assigned division orient ship remained ordered toulon august placed reserve september disarmed november condemned june later sold scrap
French battleship Charlemagne