Liberté Class Battleships Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
443' 9"
Engines:
3 four cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion
Beam:
79' 7"
Boilers:
24 Belleville (except Justice, 24 Niclausse)
Draft:
27' 5"
Shafts:
3
Displacement:
14,489-14,860
HP:
18,500
Speed:
19 knots
Crew:
762
Range:
6,000 NM @ 10 knots

Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
4
305mm/40 (12")
2 twin turrets
M1893-96M
10
194mm/50 (7.6")
Single mounts
M1902
13
65mm/50 (9 pounder)
Single mounts
M1902
10
47mm/50 (3 pounder)
Single mounts
M1902
2
450mm (18")
Torpedo tubes
Submerged (beam)


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Démocraite
Arsenal de Brest
Brest, France

Apr. 12, 1904
July 1907
Fate
Scrapped 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne, France

Oct. 27, 1904
Apr. 15, 1908
Fate
Scrapped in 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire
St. Nazaire, France

Apr. 19, 1905
1908
Fate
Exploded Sept. 25, 1911 at Toulon Harbor killing 285. Hulk scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forgers & Chantiers de la Gironde
Bordeaux, France

May 28, 1907
Mar. 1908
Fate
Scrapped in 1921.


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