french battleship pre dreadnought battleship french_navy built early 1900s sister ship laid shipyard april launched december completed years later december time revolutionary british battleship hms dreadnought armed main battery guns dreadnought mounted guns caliber time entered service served mediterranean_fleet duration career accidentally torpedoed fleet maneuvers outbreak world war august covered troop convoys algeria france participated sinking austro hungarian cruiser later month spent majority war mouth adriatic_sea austro hungarian fleet adriatic shot german ship eventually stricken broken scrap design laid shipyard april launched december completed december time revolutionary british battleship hms dreadnought rendered pre dreadnoughts like outdated ship meters long perpendiculars beam load draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons load slightly sister crew officers enlisted men powered vertical triple expansion engines boilers rated indicated horsepower provided speed knots mph coal storage amounted long tons short tons main battery consisted canon modèle guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary battery consisted eighteen canon modèle guns mounted twin turrets casemates hull carried pounder guns ship armed torpedo tubes submerged hull ship main belt thick main battery protected armor conning tower thick sides service history conducting sea trials pipe boilers burst ship return toulon pipe replaced entering service assigned 1st sister divisional flagship present annual summer maneuvers june july year acted battleships hostile force drydock july battleship suffered catastrophic magazine explosion destroyed ship moored nearby commanding officer attempted flood dock firing secondary guns dock gate shell bounced penetrate dock finally flooded killed shortly afterward fragments ship managed open gates gunnery training exercises suffered mechanical problems sighting equipment disabled main battery turrets battleship accident maneuvers launched torpedo inadvertently struck sister hull damaged forced toulon repairs outbreak world war august assigned 1st division 2nd squadron mediterranean flagship main battle fleet french_navy 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 primary naval base area ships supported allied operations detached landing parties support allied attempt force greek operations athens december spent rest war athens flagship french squadron war pounder guns converted anti aircraft guns new high angle mounts mounted guns removed landed use ashore anti aircraft gunners shot german retained french navy inventory served training ship toulon mechanics following year stricken naval register sold scrap
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