French battleship Bretagne
- Displacement
- 23,558 long tons (23,936 t)
- Length
- 166 m (544.6 ft)
- Beam
- 27 m (88.6 ft)
- Speed
- 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h, 23.7 mph)
- Main gun
- 340 mm (13.4 in)
Service
- as Bretagne10 February 1916 — 3 July 1940306 days of the war
- Name
- Bretagne
- Namesake
- Brittany
- Ordered
- 1 May 1912
- Laid down
- 22 July 1912
- Launched
- 21 April 1913
- Commissioned
- 10 February 1916
- Fate
- Sunk, 3 July 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 23,558 long tons (23,936 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 26,180 long tons (26,600 t)
- Length
- 166 m (544.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 27 m (88.6 ft)
- Draught
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Speed
- 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h, 23.7 mph)
- Range
- 4,700 nmi (8,704 km)
- Main gun
- 340 mm (13.4 in)
Bretagne was a Bretagne-class battleship built for the Marine Nationale. She was named for Brittany. Her keel was laid on 22 July 1912. Launched on 21 April 1913, she entered service on 10 February 1916.
Her class ran to three ships. The class followed the Courbet-class battleship and was succeeded by the Normandie-class battleship.
Displacement was 23,558 long tons standard and 26,180 long tons at full load. She measured 166 m (545 ft) long with a beam of 27 m (89 ft). Her designed speed was 20.6 knots.
Her main battery was ten 340 mm (13.4 in) guns in five twin mountings.
She was in commission for 306 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 3 July 1940. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
- Power
- 28000 PS
- 24 Niclausse boilers
- Armament
- 5 × twin 34 cm guns
- 22 × single 138 mm guns
- 2 × single 47 mm guns
- 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 140 - 250 mm
- Decks: 40 - 70 mm
- Conning tower: 266 mm
- Turrets: 300 mm
- Casemates: 160 mm
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French battleship Bretagne on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.