Provence

Scuttled

Type	Battleship
Class	Bretagne
Wars	First World War, Second World War
Main guns	10 × 13.4″ guns in 5 twin turrets

Service

to 1940	Provence	France
from 1940	Provence Vichy France formed	Vichy France

Completed in 1916; fleet flagship at Corfu. Hit and beached at Mers-el-Kébir in 1940; refloated and taken to Toulon, where she was scuttled on 27 November 1942.

The Provence, ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942). Photo: Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × twin 340 mm (13.4 in) guns
22 × single 138 mm (5.4 in) guns
2 × single 47 mm (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)

Builder	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down	21 April 1912
Launched	20 April 1913
Commissioned	1 March 1916
Displacement	23,936 t (23,558 long tons) (normal) 26,000 t (26,000 long tons) (deep load)
Length	166 m (544 ft 7 in) (o/a)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

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

Career

Launched

20 April 1913

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Damaged

3 July 1940 · Second World War

Beached

Joined the Vichy French Navy

10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed

Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon

Scuttled

27 November 1942 · Second World War