Alsace class battleship
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Alsace |
| Preceded by: | Richelieu class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | none |
| Completed: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Displacement: | 45,000 long tons (45,700 tonnes) |
| Length: | 251metres |
| Beam: | 35.5 m |
| Draught: | 9.22 m |
| Propulsion: | 197,000 shp (147 MW) geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Armament: |
three 380 mm turrets, triple mounts (9 guns) or quad mounts (12 guns) depending on project |
| Armour: |
Side Belt: 320 mm with a 15.5 degree angle, 127 to 152 mm at the ends Deck: 170 mm upper deck over magazines, 150 mm upper deck over machinery Barbettes: 405 mm Torpedo Bulkhead: 30 to 100 mm Turrets: 430 mm face, 270 mm sides, 195 mm roof |
The Alsace class battleships were planned to succeed and enlarge the Richelieu class. With the Fall of France in 1940, none of the ships was built.
Six names were proposed, and two had to be chosen from this list: Alsace, Normandie, Flandre, Bourgogne; two more units were not given names. The laying down of the Alsace was planned for 1942.
The design planned for an improved Richelieu design with three triple turrets (two fore, one aft).
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