french battleship pre dreadnought battleship class built french_navy sister ships justice laid launched april completed january year revolutionary british battleship ships like obsolete armed main battery guns compared guns caliber mounted dreadnought despite dated design served career including world war participated battle late august spent majority war based coast greece austro hungarian ottoman navies port saw action end war went black_sea assist enforcement terms armistice germany stricken subsequently broken scrap design laid arsenal brest shipyard launched april completed january year revolutionary british battleship hms dreadnought rendered pre dreadnoughts like outdated completed ship meters long perpendiculars beam load draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons load crew officers enlisted men ship propulsion system consisted vertical triple expansion engines belleville 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 canon modèle guns mounted single turrets casemates hull carried thirteen pounder guns pounders torpedo tubes submerged hull ship main belt thick main battery protected armor conning tower thick sides service history august 1st squadron mediterranean fleet conducted gunnery practice old ironclad target scored percent hits second best performance squadron surpassed sister justice fleet exercise collided battleship vessel lost power lightly damaged port anchor carried away outbreak world war august assigned 1st division 2nd squadron mediterranean justice 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 later war sent sister ships reinforce blockade dardanelles shortly end war justice destroyer joined allied fleet including british dreadnoughts hms superb italian battleship sent black_sea port oversaw enforcement terms armistice germany germans previously seized russian naval units stationed occupation forces terms treaty brest french contingent provided crews pair russian destroyers german boats allied ships similarly activated russian german vessels secure area ultimately stricken naval register sold ship breakers
French battleship Démocratie