french battleship battleship french_navy built 1910s named honor region france member class alongside sister ships laid august shipyard launched september commissioned fleet march outbreak world war armed main battery guns speed knots mph spent bulk career world war stationed prevent austro hungarian fleet leaving adriatic_sea saw action modernized significantly 1920s 1930s amidships gun turret removed aircraft facilities installed place outbreak world war carried shipment gold french treasury bermuda returning operate mediterranean french surrender july moored alexandria disarmed royal_navy joining december refitted active service provided gunfire support landings operation august september bombarded german positions april end war gunnery training ship barracks ship late stricken sold design meters long overall beam load draft displaced metric tons long tons designed metric tons long tons short tons load crew officers enlisted men powered parsons steam turbines temple water tube boilers rated shaft horsepower provided speed knots mph coal storage amounted long tons short tons provided range nmi knots mph main battery consisted modèle guns mounted twin gun turrets numbered rear placed centerline superfiring pair forward amidships superfiring arrangement aft completed amidships turret guns installed january secondary battery consisted canon modèle guns casemates length hull carried seven hotchkiss guns conning tower roof turret ship armed submerged torpedo tubes ship main belt thick main armored deck thick main battery protected armor turrets casemates secondary guns thick conning tower thick sides service ordered july replacement battleship destroyed magazine explosion previous year laid shipyard august launched september commissioned french_navy march entering service sisters assigned 1st division 1st battle squadron ships remained unit remainder war spent majority time prevent austro hungarian fleet attempting break adriatic fleet presence intended greece increasingly hostile triple later war men drawn crews anti submarine warfare vessels austro hungarians largely remained port duration war saw action conflict returned toulon periodic refit apart voyage saw time sea rest year january went guarded assisted austrian naval personnel escorted austro hungarian warships france italy duty lasted march french_navy intended send sister black_sea join operations major mutiny prevented operation ships went constantinople october formed core operated july underwent refit starting november lasted december emerging refit placed reserve fiscal limitations post war french navy returned service following year 1st mediterranean_fleet modernized second time november august refit followed september lasted june periods dock range main battery increased anti aircraft battery strengthened boilers replaced newer oil fired models september september fourth final pre war refit carried brest amidships turret removed aircraft catapult hangar aircraft installed aircraft initially later replaced flying boats transferred remained outbreak world war september world war start world war served primarily western mediterranean december operated german surface forces cruisers destroyers submarines period carried shipment gold french treasury bermuda january transferred 2nd 1st squadron went drydock refit lasted april april sisters transferred alexandria june italy declared war france time moved western mediterranean french capital ship eastern mediterranean joined british battleships aircraft carrier night june formed center anglo french task force cruisers hms neptune bombardment italian positions operation caused minimal damage combined british french naval operation french surrender following french surrender french commander vice admiral concluded agreement admiral intern french ships alexandria included cruisers destroyers december ship crew decided join allies free french naval forces placed service july ship left sailed africa stopping cape_town way arriving october briefly training ship december sent work included removing aircraft facilities installing large number anti aircraft guns including guns fourteen guns guns radar equipment installed ship overhaul participate operation allied invasion southern france august august joined bombardment force task force supported landings american battleship uss nevada german defenses toulon including coastal guns removed bombardment lasted august course september cruisers destroyers shelled german defenses targets attacked fortresses axis positions left bombardment area september remained western mediterranean sent portsmouth brief refit end year sent december late march left participate final wartime operations operations took place april french_navy focused eliminating pocket german resistance april cruisers destroyers bombarded german fortress support attack german defenders surrendered 20th completing operation returned brest sent toulon starting february stationary gunnery training ship later barracks ship stricken naval register february sold december french company towed outside toulon january broken scrap
French battleship Lorraine