french battleship ironclad battleship french_navy laid july launched july completed july member group broadly similar battleships ordered response class like half sisters armed main battery guns guns individual turrets speed knots mph fairly uneventful career spent majority service life northern french fleet participated extensive annual maneuvers withdrawn service outbreak world war august action conflict remained french navy inventory stricken naval register sold scrap design second member group battleships built broadly similar design different considered unique vessels ship formed basis ships design specifications identical ships different engineers designed vessel ships based previous battleship instead mounting main battery centerline ships arrangement earlier vessel moved main battery guns single turrets wings ships built response class battleships general characteristics machinery meters long perpendiculars beam draught displacement tonnes long tons bridge cut compared save weight equipped lighter pole masts instead heavy fighting masts half sister crew officers enlisted men vertical triple expansion engines driving single screw steam supplied water tube boilers propulsion system rated indicated horsepower allowed ship steam speed knots mph built carry long tons short tons coal additional space allowed long tons short tons total armament armor main armament consisted canon modèle guns single gun turrets fore aft mounted canon modèle guns single gun turrets amidships ship sides secondary armament consisted canon modèle guns mounted single turrets corners superstructure carried pounder quick firing guns pounders pounder revolving cannons armament suite rounded torpedo tubes submerged ship hull ship armor constructed steel main belt thick amidships tapered lower edge end central citadel belt reduced waterline lower edge belt extended entire length hull belt thick armor main battery guns protected armor secondary turrets thick sides main armored deck thick conning tower thick sides history laid toulon july launched years later july fitting work completed years july ship commissioned french_navy spent majority active career alternating northern newer battleships typically served mediterranean older vessels assigned january assigned command vice admiral replacing conducted annual training exercises june following month joined combined fleet maneuvers transferred alongside old battleships commanded flew flag entire french fleet including conducted extensive maneuvers mediterranean july august year transferred participated annual summer maneuvers june july following year mediterranean remained outbreak world war august laid port brest ships retained effective list pending completion new class battleships ultimately stricken naval register sold scrapping year
French battleship Carnot