COURBET (Sept. 23, 1911) PARIS (Sept. 28, 1912)

Displacement: standart 22,189 tons. Full load, 25,850 tons. Complement: 1108 Length: (pp.) 541 feet, (o.a.) 551 feet Beam: 92 1/2 feet Draught: max. 32 1/2 feet. Guns: (M. 06-10): 12-12 inch, 45 cal. 22-5,5 inch, 55 cal. (M. '10) 7-3 inch AA. (M 1922). 2-47 mm. AA. Torpedo tubes (18 inch): 4 submerged. Armour: (Chromo-nickel) 10 3/4" Belt (amidships) 7" Belt (bow) (N.C.) 7" Belt (aft) (N.C.) 2 3/4" Deck 10"-6" Lower deck side 12 1/2" Turrets (N.C.) 11" Turrets bases (N.C.) 7" Secondary battery.. 11 3/4" Conning tower (N.C.) Machinery: Parsons turbine. 4 shafts. 24 Boilers: see Notes. H.P. 43,000=20 kts after refit. Coal: normal, 906 tons; maximum, 2700 tons; also 310 tons oil (two boiler rooms are fitted for oil burning). Endurance, 2700 at 18 3/4 kts.

Name Builder Machinery Laid down Completed Boilers  Coubert Lorient St. N'z're (Ch. de l'Atlantique) Sept. '10 Sept. '13 Belleville & small tube in each Paris La Seyne F.&C. de la Méd Nov. '11 Aug. '14

Armour Notes.- Belt, 13 1/3 feet wide; 7 3/4 feet of it above water, 5,5 feet of it below. For abour 325 feet it is 10 3/4". Upper belt, 7" thick forms redoubt for secondary battery. The 4-5,5 inch aft. Are in casemates. Prot. decks: 2 3/4" curved from lower edge of belt to l.w.l. level. Above that a flat 1 3/4" deck from end to end on top of main belt. Above again is a 1 1/5" splinter deck against aerial attack. Conning tower is in three stories. 10 3/4" communication tube. Two armoured fire control stations on top. General Notes.- Designed by M. Lyasse. Average cost about GBP 2,475,000. All this class were reconstructed 1928-1929. Courbet was completely re-boilered at La Seyne (1929) with small tube boilers (originally ordered for Normandie class). Océan, of this type, has been demilitarised for training purposes. Since June, 1940, Courbet and Paris have been lying in British ports. Gunnery notes.- Amidship 12 inch 180°, the centre line turrets 270° each. The 5,5 inch 120°. Elevation of guns reported increased to give range of 24,000 metres. Height of guns above water: Turrets (1) 30 1 feet, (2) 37 3 (amidships) 25 feet, (5) 28 1/2 feet, (6) 21 1/3 feet; upper deck battery, 5,5 inch, 21 1/3 feet; main deck, 5,5 inch aft, 11 2/3 feet. Ammunition carried: 100 for each 12 in., 275 for each 5,5 inch, 300 for each 3 pdr. Westinghouse refrigerators in magazines. 77°F. Torpedo notes.- 8 searchlights (36 inch), also 2-30 inch. Carries 12 torpedoes and 30 blockade mines. Engineering notes.- Outer shafts: H.P. turbines; inner, L.P. Condensers (2): 32,076 sq. Feet cooling surface. Turbines: 300 r.p.m. Belleville oil fuel system.

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