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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: