French battleship Vergniaud (1910)
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The Diderot, sistership of the Vergniaud |
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Career (France) | |
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Namesake: | Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud |
Builder: | Bordeaux |
Laid down: | July 1908 |
Launched: | 12 April 1912 |
Commissioned: | 22 September 1911 |
Decommissioned: | 1921 |
Fate: | broken up 1928 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Danton class battleship |
Displacement: | 18,318 tonnes standard, 19763 tonnes full load |
Length: | 144.9 m |
Beam: | 25.8 m |
Draught: | 9.2 m |
Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons turbines, 26 Bellville or Niclausse coal fired boilers, 22,500 hp |
Speed: | 19.2 knots |
Complement: | up to 923 |
Armament: |
4 × 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 guns in twin mounts |
Armour: |
270 mm Belt |
The Vergniaud was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.