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Normandie Class
| Name |
Builders |
Laid down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| Bearn |
M |
10th January 1914 |
April 1920 |
N/A |
| Flandre |
B |
1st October 1913 |
20th October 1914 |
N/A |
| Gascoigne |
L |
1st October 1913 |
20th September 1914 |
N/A |
| Languedoc |
G |
18th April 1913 |
1st May 1916 |
N/A |
| Normandie |
S |
18th April 1913 |
19th October 1914 |
N/A |
Builders:
B : Arsenal de Brest, Brest, France
G : F.C. de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France
L : Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
M : F.C. de la Mediterranee, La Seyne, France
S : A.C. de la Loire, St. Nazaire, France
Dimensions:
579' 5" x 88' 7" x 28' 5" / 176.60m x 27.00m x 8.65m
Displacement:
25230 tons max
Complement:
1200
Armament:
12 x 13.4"/45 Mod 12 guns in quad turrets
22 x 5.5"/55 Mod 10 guns in single casemates
6 x 47mm guns in single mountings
6 x 17.7" submerged torpedo tubes
Aircraft Facilities:
None
Armour:
Belt: 4.7" - 11.8"
C.T.: 11.8"
5.5" Casemates: 6.3" - 7.1"
13.4" Turrets: 9.8" - 13.4"
Deck: 2" - 2.8"
Powerplant:
Bearn:-
Twenty one Niclausse boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines providing a total of
32000shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and maximum fuel load was 2700 tons coal and 300
tons oil. Range was 6500NM @ 12kts or 1800NM @ 21kts.
Flandre:-
Twenty eight Belleville boilers were fitted with two Parsons steam turbines providing a total of
16000shp on two centre shafts and two 4 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines driving two wing
shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and maximum fuel load was 2700 tons coal and 300 tons oil. Range was
6500NM @ 12kts or 1800NM @ 21kts.
Gascoigne:-
Twenty one Guyot du Temple boilers were fitted with two Rateau Bretagne steam turbines providing a
total of 16000shp on two centre shafts and two 4 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines driving
two wing shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and maximum fuel load was 2700 tons coal and 300 tons oil.
Range was 6500NM @ 12kts or 1800NM @ 21kts.
Languedoc:-
Twenty eight Belleville boilers were fitted with two Schneider Zoelly steam turbines providing a
total of 16000shp on two centre shafts and two 4 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines driving
two wing shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and maximum fuel load was 2700 tons coal and 300 tons oil.
Range was 6500NM @ 12kts or 1800NM @ 21kts.
Normandie:-
Twenty one Guyot du Temple boilers were fitted with two Parsons steam turbines providing a total of
16000shp on two centre shafts and two 4 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines driving two wing
shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and maximum fuel load was 2700 tons coal and 300 tons oil. Range was
6500NM @ 12kts or 1800NM @ 21kts.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None
Sonar:
None
Other:
N/A
Miscellaneous: