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Courbet-class
The Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before the Great War. The class comprised four ships: Courbet, France, Jean Bart, and Paris. All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of the War, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from North Africa and covering the Otranto Barrage. An Anglo-French fleet led by Courbet succeeded in sinking the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser Zenta in the Battle of Antivari. Jean Bart was torpedoed in the bow by U-12 on 21 December 1914, but she was able to steam to Malta for repairs.
France sank after striking a rock in Quiberon Bay in 1922. After the war the surviving ships were modernised several times, but they were not rebuilt thoroughly enough to prevent them from becoming obsolete in comparison to modern German or Italian battleships. They were relegated to training duties during the 1930s.
Bretagne-Class
The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the Great War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous Courbet class, and mounted ten 340 mm (13.4 in) guns instead of twelve 305 mm (12.0 in) guns as on the Courbets. A fourth was ordered by the Greek Navy, though work was suspended due to the outbreak of the war. The three completed ships were named after French provinces.
The three ships saw limited service during the Great War, and were primarily occupied with containing the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea.
Dunkerque-class (almost completed)
The Dunkerque-class battleship is a type of warship constructed for the French Navy in the 1930s.
The Dunkerques are designed to counter the German Deutschland-class pocket battleships. Their main armament is two quadruple 330 mm turrets forward, with a 225 mm (8.9 in) thick armored belt. They are smaller, with a 26,500- to 27,300-ton standard displacement and a smaller main artillery caliber, than the battleships authorized by the Washington Naval Treaty, but their speed is 7 knots higher than any of the battleships built from 1920 to present.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_France
The Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before the Great War. The class comprised four ships: Courbet, France, Jean Bart, and Paris. All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of the War, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from North Africa and covering the Otranto Barrage. An Anglo-French fleet led by Courbet succeeded in sinking the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser Zenta in the Battle of Antivari. Jean Bart was torpedoed in the bow by U-12 on 21 December 1914, but she was able to steam to Malta for repairs.
France sank after striking a rock in Quiberon Bay in 1922. After the war the surviving ships were modernised several times, but they were not rebuilt thoroughly enough to prevent them from becoming obsolete in comparison to modern German or Italian battleships. They were relegated to training duties during the 1930s.
Bretagne-Class
The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the Great War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous Courbet class, and mounted ten 340 mm (13.4 in) guns instead of twelve 305 mm (12.0 in) guns as on the Courbets. A fourth was ordered by the Greek Navy, though work was suspended due to the outbreak of the war. The three completed ships were named after French provinces.
The three ships saw limited service during the Great War, and were primarily occupied with containing the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea.
Dunkerque-class (almost completed)
The Dunkerque-class battleship is a type of warship constructed for the French Navy in the 1930s.
The Dunkerques are designed to counter the German Deutschland-class pocket battleships. Their main armament is two quadruple 330 mm turrets forward, with a 225 mm (8.9 in) thick armored belt. They are smaller, with a 26,500- to 27,300-ton standard displacement and a smaller main artillery caliber, than the battleships authorized by the Washington Naval Treaty, but their speed is 7 knots higher than any of the battleships built from 1920 to present.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_France