Lyon-class
An item referred to the Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the French Tourville-class battleships were to be fitted out with a so-called Janney gear making it possible to convert electric power into hydraulic for rotating the gun turrets.(1)
Note
1. The Lyon-class consisting of the Lyon, Lille, Duquesne and Tourville which was an improved Normandie-class but cancelled when the First World War broke out. The Dunkerque-class of the 1930’s were in fact the successors of the Normandie-class.
