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Liberté |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire St. Nazaire, France |
Hull Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
April 19, 1905 |
Keel Laid: |
November 1902 |
Completed: |
1908 |
Fate: |
Exploded Sept. 25, 1911 at Toulon Harbor killing 285. Hulk scrapped. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
443' 9" |
Engines: |
3 four cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
79' 7" |
Boilers: |
24 Niclausse (coal fired) |
Draft: |
27' |
Shafts: |
3 |
Displacement: |
14,868 std |
SHP: |
18,000 |
Speed: |
18 knots |
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Crew: |
762 |
Range: |
6,000 @ 10 knots |
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Armament as built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12"/45 (305mm) |
2 twin turrets |
N/A |
10 |
7.6"/50 (194mm) |
5 twin turrets |
N/A |
2 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
N/A |
N/A |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan 22, 2007 |