French battleship Charles Martel (1893)

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Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Charles Martel
Ordered: 10 September 1890
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 1 August 1891
Launched: 29 August 1893
Commissioned: 10 January 1896
Decommissioned: 1 April 1914
In service: 1897
Struck: 30 October 1919
Fate: Brocken up in 1921
General characteristics
Class and type: Battleship
Length: 115
Beam: 22
Draught: 8.4
Propulsion: 24 boilers steam engine, 2 shafts, 15 000 shp
Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 644
Armament:

2 x 305mm/45 Modèle 1887 guns
2 x 274mm/45 Modèle 1887 guns
2 x 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns

2 x 450mm Torpedo tubes
Armour:

Belt: 480 mm
Deck: 70 mm
Bridge: 230 mm

Barbette: 150 mm

The Charles Martel was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy. She was the first French battleship to use nickel-plated steel for her armour.

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