BRETAGNE IN DOCK 3

BRETAGENE A FRENCH BATTLESHIP 1916

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Bretagne
Namesake: Brittany
Laid down: 1 July 1912
Launched: 21 April 1913
Completed: September 1915
Commissioned: 10 February 1916

Fate: Sunk by gunfire from HMS Hood, Valiant and Resolution, 3 July 1940

General characteristics
Class and type: Bretagne-class battleship

Displacement:

Normal: 23,936 metric tons (23,558 long tons)
Full load: 26,000 metric tons (26,000 long tons)

Length: 166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Beam: 26.9 m (88 ft 3 in)
Draft: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)

Installed power:

29,000 shp (22,000 kW)
18–24 water-tube boilers

Propulsion: 4 shafts, Parsons steam turbines
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range: 4,600 nmi (8,500 km; 5,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Crew:

34 officers
139 petty officers
1,020 enlisted

Armament:

5 × 2 – 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 guns
22 × 1 – 138.6 mm Mle 1910 guns
7 × 1 – 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

After 1935:

14 × 1 – 138.6 mm Mle 1910 guns
8 × 1 – 75mm/50 Modèle 1922 guns

Armor:

Belt: 270 mm (11 in)
Decks: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Conning tower: 314 mm (12.4 in)
Turrets: 250–340 mm (9.8–13.4 in)
Casemates: 170 mm (6.7 in)

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