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Lorraine

Lorraine

Survived

French Navy

TypeBattleship
ClassBretagne
WarFirst World War
Main guns5 × 2 – 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 guns

Completed in 1916 and served in the Mediterranean. Fought on into the Second World War.

80-G-202752: French battleship, SS Lorraine, in Casablanca Harbor. Photograph released November 13, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/04/04). Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 2 – 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 guns
  • 22 × 1 – 138.6 mm Mle 1910 guns
  • 7 × 1 – 47-millimetre (1.9 in) guns
  • 4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 140–250 mm (5.5–9.8 in)
  • Decks: 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in)
  • Conning tower: 266 mm (10.5 in)
  • Turrets: 300 mm (11.8 in)
  • Casemates: 160 mm (6.3 in)
BuilderChantiers de Penhoët
Laid down1 August 1912
Launched30 September 1913
Commissioned10 March 1916
DisplacementNormal: 23,230 metric tons (22,860 long tons) Full load: 25,000 metric tons (25,000 long tons)
Length166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

30 September 1913

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, January 1954