class battleship class class pre dreadnought battleships built french_navy 1890s ships spent careers assigned oddly peacetime careers involved accidental collisions sank french submarine hands usually fleet flagship career twice participated occupation port island owned ottoman_empire french expedition international squadron world war initially escort allied troop convoys mediterranean ships ordered dardanelles november guard sortie mediterranean german battlecruiser joined british ships bombarding turkish fortifications early briefly assigned bombard turkish positions palestine badly damaged turkish shell beach avoid sinking later returned dardanelles rejoined sisters providing fire support allies evacuated troops transferred squadron assigned prevent interference greeks allied operations route join sunk german submarine later year surviving ships placed reserve decommissioned later sold scrap briefly training ship converted serve accommodation hulk sold listed disposal design description class battleships metres long overall beam metres deep load draught metres forward metres aft displaced metric tons long tons deep load crew generally consisted officers enlisted men private ship officers men fleet flagship class ships function head sea stormy weather caused captain complain ship forward gun turret casemates flooded ship generated enormous sheets spray water came bow like french capital ships period pronounced captain said ship steady gunnery platform tight spaces criticized armour layout high prevent munitions penetrating main armour belt secondary armament positions ships cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines engine driving metre propeller rated produced metric horsepower sea trials steam generated belleville water tube boilers boilers maximum operating pressure cm2 kpa psi ships reached speeds knots mph trials carried maximum tonnes long tons coal allowed steam miles nmi speed knots mph armament carried main armament calibre canon modèle guns twin gun turrets fore aft twin gun turrets french_navy rotated electric motors guns hand elevate ranged guns loaded depression turrets ready rack holding shells needed magazine guns fired kilogram armour piercing projectiles muzzle velocity theoretical rate round minutes maximum elevation provided range metres guns provided shells ships secondary armament consisted calibre modèle guns mounted individual casemates remaining pair shielded mounts forecastle deck amidships guns elevation range fired kilogram armour piercing shells minute muzzle velocity gave range metres maximum elevation ships carried total rounds guns carried calibre canon modèle guns shielded mounts superstructure guns elevate fired kilogram shell rate rounds minute muzzle velocity range metres maximum elevation total rounds rounds gun carried ship anti torpedo boat defences consisted calibre canon modèle hotchkiss guns fitted platforms masts superstructure casemates hull guns elevate fired kilogram projectiles muzzle velocity rate rounds minute maximum range metres provided total rounds class mounted millimetre torpedo tubes broadside submerged angled ship axis waterline provided total modèle torpedoes torpedoes kilogram maximum range metres speed knots mph beginning water torpedo tubes removed ship common ships generation built shaped ram armour class ships carried total tonnes long tons harvey armour complete waterline armour belt metres high armour belt tapered maximum thickness thickness lower edge armoured deck thick flat reinforced additional plate angled downwards meet armoured belt main turrets protected armour roofs thick barbettes thick outer walls casemates millimetre guns thick protected transverse bulkheads thick conning tower walls thick roof consisted armour plates communications tube protected armour plates thick ships careers ship completed initially assigned ships assigned flagship squadron soon reached toulon participated number port visits naval reviews shortly arrival toulon accidentally rammed destroyer later rammed battleship ships involved seriously damaged participated occupation effort force turkish sultan enforce contracts french companies repay loans french banks french contribution international squadron briefly occupied november december purposes battleships aided survivors april eruption mount naples ships transferred accidentally rammed destroyer repairs combined major refit later year accidentally rammed submarine june killing submarine crew sisters received ships transferred mediterranean_fleet exact assignments differed divisional flagship assigned navy intended assign october war intervened world war older french pre dreadnoughts trio escorted allied troop convoys mediterranean months war ships ordered far turkey november guard sortie german battlecruiser temporary flagship rear admiral arrival return battleship january flagship newly formed february squadron intended attack turkish positions lines communication syria lebanon palestine participated bombardment april transferred dardanelles bombardment february bombarded turkish forts covering mouth dardanelles participate day day action ship hit twice lightly damaged ships traded positions bombardment february damaged march french squadron bombarded targets base days later french squadron attempted suppress turkish guns british battleships bombarded fortifications hit shell attack failed detonate admiral squadron returned march bombarded turkish fortifications returned assist major attack fortifications planned march british ships initial entry dardanelles french ships passed engage forts closer range hit twice bombardment shell significant damage hit waterline starboard bow pushed armour plates waterline opened hole water flooded little staunch ship captain decided head north beach ship temporary repairs escorted case route managed reach islands temporary repairs ship refloated sailed toulon escorted encountered heavy weather route emergency repairs toulon incident ship refitted extensively modified improve stability returning dardanelles july severely damaged repaired returning dardanelles arrived month ships provided fire support french troops ashore transferred october joined french squadron assigned prevent interference greeks allied operations greece departed refit month relieved refitted remained dardanelles august covering evacuation allied troops gallipoli end started refit brest flagship division orient october transferred february returned august remained ordered toulon august route completion refit december sunk december german boat crewmen killed rest crew rescued escorts sisters placed reserve arrivals toulon disarmed november condemned june later sold scrap transferred toulon january disarmed decommissioned following month training ship engineers month ship condemned june converted accommodation hulk listed disposal sold
Charlemagne-class battleship