french battleship class semi dreadnought battleships built french_navy decade twentieth century ship spent world war blockading dardanelles prevent german austro hungarian turkish warships breaking mediterranean participate attempt ensure greek allied operations macedonia late briefly participated occupation constantinople end war deployed black_sea early allied intervention russian civil war ran aground february coast refloated guns armor removed returning france ship accommodation hulk condemned later sold scrap broken design description class battleships significant improvement preceding class advent dreadnought completed liked french_navy numerous rapid firing guns use mediterranean meters long overall beam meters load draft meters displaced metric tons long tons deep load crew officers enlisted men ship powered parsons steam turbines steam generated belleville boilers turbines rated shaft horsepower provided speed knots mph reached speed knots mph sea trials carried maximum metric tons long tons coal allowed steam nautical miles speed knots mph main battery consisted modèle guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary battery consisted modèle guns twin turrets ship number smaller guns carried defense torpedo boats included sixteen caliber millimeter guns millimeter hotchkiss guns armed submerged millimeter torpedo tubes ship waterline armor belt millimeters thick main battery protected millimeters armor conning tower millimeter thick sides wartime modifications war millimeter anti aircraft guns installed roofs ship forward millimeter gun turrets elevation millimeter guns increased extended range meters career construction ship named early leader french revolution construction began ship laid launched october completed august sisters participated large naval review president france september ship assigned squadron mediterranean_fleet commissioned ship participated combined fleet maneuvers tunisia june subsequent naval review conducted president council june joined squadron tour october december making port visits egypt syria greece participated grand fleet exercise world war august ship refitted toulon ship participated distant blockade based malta november transported landing parties ships division athens december landing parties formed provisional battalion participated allied attempt ensure greek allied operations macedonia greek resistance allied action ended fired rounds main armament city landed near royal palace spent based prevent german battlecruiser breaking mediterranean april accompanied sisters remained rest war postwar armistice signed october allies ottoman_empire ship participated early stage occupation constantinople november december end year deployed black_sea support white russian forces deter soviet forces advancing city russian civil war ran aground february refloated forward millimeter gun turret barbette forward belt armor removed ship towed toulon battleship justice april subsequently accommodation hulk condemned october later scrapped
French battleship Mirabeau