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Mirabeau

Mirabeau

Survived

French Navy

TypePre-dreadnought battleship
ClassDanton
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Semi-dreadnought. Ran aground in the Crimea in 1919 during the intervention in the Russian Civil War and was scrapped.

French battleship Vergniaud Photo: ELD editors (Eugène Le Deley). Company disapeared in 1930 [2], did not specify name of the photograph [3]., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 305 mm (12 in) guns
  • 6 × twin 240 mm (9.4 in) guns
  • 16 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns
  • 10 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 180–250 mm (7.1–9.8 in)
  • Turrets: 260–340 mm (10.2–13.4 in)
  • Conning tower: 266 mm (10.5 in)
BuilderArsenal de Lorient
Laid down4 May 1908
Launched28 October 1909
Displacement18,754 t (18,458 long tons) (normal)
Length146.6 m (481 ft) (o/a)
Speed19.25 knots (35.7 km/h; 22.2 mph)
Complement25 officers and 831 enlisted men

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

28 October 1909

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 28 April 1922