French battleship Masséna

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Career French Navy Ensign
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Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:
Decommissioned: 1916
Fate: scuttled
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 12000 tonnes
Length: 110 metres
Beam: 22 metres
Draught:
Propulsion: 3 propellers
Speed: 17 knots
Range:
Complement: 641
Armament:
  • 2 x 300 mm guns
  • 2 x 270 mm guns
  • 12 x 47 mm guns
  • 5 x 37 mm guns
  • 6 torpedo tubes
  • 7 revolver guns
Armor: belt 450 mm

The Masséna was a Pre-Dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, named in honour of Marshal of France André Masséna.

Lucien Lacaze was her captain.

In 1916, she was scuttled to create obstacles.