Danton class battleship
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Danton |
| Preceded by: | Liberté class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Courbet class battleship |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 3 (2 as target ships) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | battleships |
| Displacement: | 18,318 tonnes standard, 19763 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 144.9 m (475 ft) |
| Beam: | 25.8 m (85 ft) |
| Draught: | 9.2 m (30 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons turbines, 26 Bellville or Niclausse coal fired boilers, 22,500 hp |
| Speed: | 19.2 knots (36 km/h) |
| Complement: | up to 923 |
| Armament: |
4 × 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 guns in twin mounts |
| Armour: | 270 mm Belt, 48 mm upper deck, 45 mm lower deck, 300 mm main turrets, 200 mm secondary turrets |
The Danton class were a class of French Pre-Dreadnought battleships built between 1907-1911, which served in World War I.
[edit] Design
These ships were unusual in that they combined turbine propulsion machinery with a Pre-Dreadnought armament. They were designed by L'Homme for the 1906 programme and were a considerable advance on previous French ships. They were however overshadowed by HMS Dreadnought which was completed before they were laid down.
[edit] Ships
- Condorcet - named after Marquis de Condorcet - built by AC de la Loire St Nazaire - laid down 23 August 1907, launched 25 July 1909, Completed 25 July 1911, depot ship after 1931, hulk scuttled at Toulon 1942
- Danton - named after Georges Danton, built by Arsenal de Brest - laid down 1906, Launched 4 July 1909, completed 1 June 1911, Sunk by U64 19 March 1917
- Diderot- named after Denis Diderot - built by AC de la Loire St Nazaire - laid down 20 October 1907, launched 19 April 1909, completed 1 August 1911, Broken up 1937
- Mirabeau - named after Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau- built by Arsenal de Lorient - laid down 4 May 1908, Launched 28 October 1909, completed 1 August 1911 - damaged by grounding near the Crimea in 1919 but salvaged, used as a Target ship 1921, broken up 1928
- Vergniaud - named after Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud - built by C de la Gironde, Bordeaux, laid down July 1908, launched 12 April 1910, completed 22 September 1911, decommissioned 1921 and used as a target ship, broken up 1928
- Voltaire - named after the philosopher Voltaire- built by FC de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, laid down 20 July 1907, Launched 1 August 1911, completed 1 August 1911, decommissioned 1935, Broken up 1939
