French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste

Service

Marine Nationale as Commandant Teste18 April 1932 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war

French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste Particulars

Name: Commandant Teste
Namesake: Paul Teste
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Lormont
Laid down: 6 September 1927
Launched: 12 April 1929
Fate: Scuttled on 27 November 1942, raised February 1945, sold for scrap 15 May 1950 (1942)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
Displacement, full load: 11,942 long tons (12,134 t)
Length: 167 m (547.9 ft)
Beam: 27 m (88.6 ft)
Draught: 6.7 m (22 ft)
Speed: 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,704 km)
Complement: 644
Main gun: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Commandant Teste was a aircraft carrier of the Marine Nationale. She was named for Paul Teste. Her keel was laid at Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Lormont on 6 September 1927. She was launched on 12 April 1929.

Displacement was 10,000 long tons standard and 11,942 long tons at full load. She measured 167 m (548 ft) long with a beam of 27 m (89 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 644.

Her main battery was twelve 100 mm (3.9 in) guns. She carried 26 aircraft. Her machinery developed 23,230 shp.

She was in commission for 1,183 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 27 November 1942. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Power: 4 water-tube boilers
23230 shp
Armament: 12 × single 100 mm guns
8 × single 37 mm AA guns
6 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
Armour: Belt: 3 - 5 cm
Deck: 2.4 - 3.6 cm
Conning tower: 8 cm
Aircraft: 26 seaplanes

Sources

Facts harvested from French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons