French battleship Patrie (1903)

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Patrie moored
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: French Republic
Laid down: December 1901
Commissioned: December 1906
Decommissioned: 1928
General characteristics
Class and type: République class battleship
Displacement: 14 600 tonnes
Length: 134 metres
Beam: 24 metres
Draught: 8.4 metres
Propulsion: Three triple-expension steam engines, 18 000 shp
Speed: 19 knots
Complement: 830
Armament: 4 x 305mm/40 gun Modèle 1893 in twin turrets
18 x 163/45 Modèle 1893 in 6 single and 6 twin turrets
2 x 450mm torpedo tubes
Armour:

Belt: 280 mm

Deck: 55 mm
Bridge: 305 mm
Barbettes: 255 mm
Turrets: 355 mm

The Patrie was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.

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