Translate

Saturday, 29 July 2023

French battleship Courbet restarted executing trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1913-1914 no. 5

An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the French battleship Courbet started again with her trials. Earlier were the trials stopped due to boiler problems, which occurred again. One of the water tubes of a boiler was leaking.(1)

Note

1. Part of Courbet-class preceded by Danton-class succeeded by Bretagne-class. Laid down by Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France on 1 September 1910, launched on 23 September 1911, commissioned on 19 November 1913 and scuttled as breakwater for the Mulberry harbour, Normandy, France on 9 June 1944. Breaking up finished in 1970. 

No comments:

Post a Comment