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Bretagne Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Bretagne	A	1st July 1912	21st April 1913	12th September 1915
Lorraine	P	1st August 1912	30th September 1913	27th July 1916
Provence	L	1st May 1912	20th April 1913	5th June 1915

Builders:
A : Arsenal de Brest, Brest, France
L : Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
P : A.C. de la St. Nazaire, Penhoet, France

Dimensions:
544' 7" x 88' 7" x 29' 2" / 166.00m x 27.00m x 8.90m

Displacement:
22189 tons std / 26180 tons max

Complement:
1124

Armament:
10 x 13.4"/45 Mod 12 guns in twin turrets
22 x 5.5"/55 Mod 10 guns in single casemates
4 x 47mm guns in single mountings
4 x 17.7" submerged torpedo tubes (24 rounds in total)
30 mines

Aircraft Facilities:
None

Armour:
Belt: 6.3" - 10.6"
C.T.: 12.4"
5.5" Casemates: 6.7"
13.4" Turrets: 9.8" - 15.7"
Deck: 1.2" - 2.8"

Powerplant:
Bretagne:-
Twenty four Niclausse boilers were fitted with two Parsons steam turbines providing a total of 29000shp on two shafts. Maximum speed was 20kts and maximum fuel load was 2680 tons coal and 300 tons oil. Range was 4700NM @ 10kts or 2800NM @ 18.75kts.

Lorraine:-
Twenty four Guyot du Temple boilers were fitted with two Parsons steam turbines providing a total of 29000shp on two shafts. Maximum speed was 20kts and maximum fuel load was 2680 tons coal and 300 tons oil. Range was 4700NM @ 10kts or 2800NM @ 18.75kts.

Provence:-
Eighteen Belleville boilers were fitted with two Parsons steam turbines providing a total of 29000shp on two shafts. Maximum speed was 20kts and maximum fuel load was 2680 tons coal and 300 tons oil. Range was 4700NM @ 10kts or 2800NM @ 18.75kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: