Of the Bretagne-class consisting of the Bretagne, Lorraine and Provence. Building ordered for replacing the Liberté. Laid down at the Ateliers etc Chantiers de Saint Nazaire-Penhoët, St. Nazaire, France on 1 August 1912, launched on 30 September 1913, commissioned on 10 March 1916, periodically refit at Toulon, France in 1917, refitted/modernized between 10 November 1921-4 December 1922 & 15 November 1924-4 August 1926 & 17 September 1929-6 June 1931, stationary gunnery training ship since February 1947, afterwards used as a barracks ship, stricken on 17 February 1953 and sold on 18 December 1953 and finally broken up at Brégaillon near Toulon, France starting in January 1954.
General technical class specifications. Preceded by the Courbet-class and succeeded by the Dunkerque-class and the never realized Normandie-class. Displacement 23.936 metric tons/23.588 long tons (normal)-26.000 metric tons/26.000 long tons (full load) and as dimensions 164,9 (waterline)-166 (over all) x 26,9 x 9,7 metres or 541-544.7 x 88.3 x 32.2 feet. The 4-shaft Parsons turbines and 18/24 boilers supplied 29.000 shp allowing a speed of 20 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 4.600 nautical miles. The crew numbered 1.193 men. Armour consisted of a 27cm/11” thick belt, 4cm/1.6” thick decks with the conning tower, gun turrets and casemates protected by respectively 31,4cm/12.4”, 34cm/13” and 17cm/6.7” thick armour. The original armament consisted of 5x2-34cm//45 Modèle 1912 guns, 22-13,8cm Modèle 1910 guns, 7-4,7cm M18885 Hotchkiss quick firing guns and 4-45cm/18” torpedo tubes submerged in the hull.
