french battleship justice justice pre dreadnought battleship class built french_navy sister ships justice laid april launched october completed february year revolutionary british battleship ships like justice obsolete armed main battery guns compared guns caliber mounted dreadnought commissioning justice assigned mediterranean_fleet september traveled united_states outbreak world war august assigned 2nd division 2nd squadron mediterranean_fleet covered troop convoys north_africa france days war spent rest based seeing action war ended participated allied intervention russian civil war mutiny french fleet april led fleet withdrawal justice sold scrapping design justice laid shipyard toulon april launched october completed february year revolutionary british battleship hms dreadnought rendered pre dreadnoughts like justice outdated completed ship meters long perpendiculars beam load draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons load justice crew officers enlisted men ship powered vertical triple expansion engines boilers rated indicated horsepower provided speed knots mph coal storage amounted long tons short tons justice main battery consisted canon modèle guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary battery consisted canon modèle guns mounted single turrets casemates hull carried thirteen pounder guns pounders ship armed torpedo tubes submerged hull ship main belt thick main battery protected armor conning tower thick sides service history september justice visited united_states battleships commanded admiral foreign contingent arrive ships departed brest arrived new_york seven days later having run average knots mph performance ships propulsion systems regarded satisfactory contemporary naval experts including early french_navy conducted experiments wireless justice tests wireless pick messages far miles away october accidental fire aboard justice threatened destroy ship way similar explosion destroyed sister ship month fire believed started short circuit electrical system near forward magazines fire nearly reached ammunition magazines ship commander ordered magazines flooded catastrophic explosion occurred days battleship flood magazines accidental fire later year ship featured film day french battleship justice outbreak world war august justice assigned 1st division 2nd squadron mediterranean french fleet initially cover movement french troops corps algeria metropolitan france result fleet far position catch german battlecruiser majority war french main fleet austro hungarian fleet adriatic_sea participated battle line caught austro hungarian cruiser surprise sank french battleships bombarded austrian fortifications attempt draw austro hungarian fleet refused bait french operations area hampered lack suitable base close mouth adriatic british given french free access malta hundreds miles away austrians possessed submarines torpedoed dreadnought december threat underwater weapons greatly limited french naval activities adriatic war progressed french eventually settled greek island primary naval base area later war justice sent sister ships end war justice participated french naval intervention russian civil war black_sea based april mutiny french fleet starting battleship france squadron flagship point mutiny crew justice briefly flew red flag remained relatively calm situation worsened group greek soldiers fired crowd ashore french sailor killed injured justice crew enraged began discussing opening fire greek battleship moored nearby justice captain ordered ship guns disabled removing breech blocks prevent attack situation eventually returning french squadron france primary demands ultimately justice stricken naval register sold scrap
French battleship Justice