Danton-class
Courbet-class
Bretagne-class
Laid down at the Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient on 1 September 1910, launched on 23 September 1911, commissioned on 19 November 1913, during the interbellum mostly serving as a gunnery training ship, rearmed when the German forces invaded France on 10 May 1940, seek refugee in England in June 1940, seized at Portsmouth by the British government on 3 July 1940, handed over the same month to the Free French forces, serving as patrol vessel depot ship and anti aircraft ship until 31 March 1941 following being disarmed and hulked and finally scuttled while used as a Gooseberry breakwater for a Mulberry harbour, Sword Beach, France on 9 June 1944. En situ after 1945 broken up.
Of the Courbet-class consisting of the Courbet, Jean Bart, Paris and France predeced by the Danton-class and succeeded by the Bretagne-class. General technical specifications of the Courbet-class. With a displacement of 23.475 tons/21.104 tons (standard)-25.579 tons/25.175 long tons (full load) and with as dimensions 166 (over all) x 27 x 9,04 (fore normal load) metres or 544.7 x 88.7 x 29.8 feet. The four direct-drive Parsons-steam turbines and 24 boilers (8 small in rear boiler room and 16 large in 2 boiler rooms fore) supplied via 4 shafts 28.000 ihp allowing a speed of 21 knots (trials) and with a speed of 10 knots and a bunker capacity of 2.743 tons and 921 tons fuel oil a range of 4.200 nautical miles. The crew numbered between 1.115-1.187 men. The armour consisted of a 18-27c,/7.1-10.6 thick belt, a 3-7cm/1.2-2,8” thick deck with the gun turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 25-29cm/9.8-11.4”, 28cm/11.0’ and 30cm/11.8”. None anti torpedo-bulkhead. The armament consisted of 6x2-30,5cm/12” Mle 1910 45 cal guns, 22x1-13,8cm/5.4 Mle 1910 guns, 4x1-4,7cm/1.9” guns and 4-45cm/17.7” torpedo tubes. Quite wet ships when used while the fore turrets caused a bow-heavy ship.
