Lyon class battleship
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| Lyon class Battleship | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Name: | Lyon |
| Number of ships: | 4 (none built) |
| Preceded by: | Planned: Normandie class battleship Built: Bretagne class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Dunkerque class battleship |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 29 000 tonnes |
| Length: | 193.5 metres |
| Beam: | 29.35 metres |
| Draught: | 8.8 metres |
| Propulsion: | Vertical Triple Expansion engine |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 miles at 10 knots |
| Protection: | Side: 300mm midship, 119-51mm ends Deck: up to 63.5mm all together |
| Armament: | 16 340-millimetre guns in quadruple turrets 24 139-millimetre guns |
The Lyon class was planned from 1914, but was cancelled in favour of the Dunkerque design, less costly and better adapted to counter the German "pocket battleships. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.
The ships were to be named Lyon, Duquesne, Lille and Tourville.
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