french battleship paris paris ship class battleships dreadnoughts built french_navy completed world war naval building programme spent war mediterranean spending providing gunfire support sister ship torpedoed submarine december spent rest war providing cover barrage blockaded adriatic_sea paris supported french spanish troops war school ship modernized separate wars deemed class battleship remained role began hastily rearmed supported allied troops defence june damaged german bomb took refuge later month england seized plymouth british forces july depot ship barracks ship royal polish navies rest war returned french july towed brest following month depot ship stricken december description paris 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 close bow paris 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 paris 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 paris 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 paris built shipyard keel laid november launched september completed august time world war working sent sisters mediterranean_sea spent rest providing gunfire support hit december torpedo forced battleships fall malta cover barrage french occupied neutral greek island moved forward activities limited crew man anti submarine ships end war fitted seven millimetre anti aircraft guns single mounts guns famous french field gun interwar years paris sent december supervise surrendered austro hungarian fleet remained march provided cover greek troops returning toulon june received upgrades brest october november included replacing set boilers oil fired boilers increasing maximum elevation main armament removal bow armour bow heavy installation fire control director metres rangefinder exchange guns guns return service supported amphibious landing spanish troops summer attacked french morocco war destroyed coastal defence batteries despite taking light damage hits remained october flagship french forces refitted august january toulon fire control systems upgraded large cruiser type fire control director added atop foremast coincidence rangefinder metre stereo rangefinder rangefinder conning tower replaced unit carrying rangefinder added armoured hood main mast directors secondary guns added navigation bridge metre coincidence rangefinder metres rangefinder added roof turret second bow metre provided anti aircraft guns unit conning tower turret aft superstructure resumed role flagship 2nd division 1st squadron october training ship paris overhauled july boilers overhauled main guns replaced guns exchanged modern guns maximum depression maximum elevation fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity rate fire rounds minute maximum effective ceiling metres world war paris formed beginning war transferred atlantic continue training duties interference ships ordered restored operational status given hotchkiss millimetre twin machine gun mounts single machine guns paris ordered june provide gunfire support covered evacuation town allies lack spotting aircraft meant particularly effective role instead helped defend harbour german aircraft hit bomb june sailed night temporary repairs despite taking long tons water hour transferred brest june carried men port evacuated june wake armistice paris docked plymouth england july british forces forcibly boarded british depot ship barracks ship rest war august war ended paris towed brest continued role depot ship sold scrap december broken june
French battleship Paris