Lyon class battleship
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Lyon |
| Builders: |
France |
| Operators: |
France |
| Preceded by: |
Normandie-class |
| Succeeded by: |
Dunkerque-class |
| Planned: |
4 |
| Completed: |
none |
| Cancelled: |
4 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Battleship |
| Displacement: |
29 000 tonnes |
| Length: |
193.5 metres |
| Beam: |
29.35 metres |
| Draught: |
8.8 metres |
| Propulsion: |
Turbines and Vertical Triple Expansion engines, 43,000 hp |
| Speed: |
21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: |
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Armament: |
16 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 guns in quadruple turrets
24 - 138-millimetre guns
48 - 47-millimetre AA guns
13.2 millimetre machine guns
6 - 450 millimetre torpedo tubes (submerged) |
| Armour: |
Side: 300 mm midship, 119-51 mm ends
Deck: up to 63.5 mm all together
Barbettes: 330 mm
Turrets: 340 mm face
Conning Tower: 300 mm |
The Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.
[edit] Design
The design was an enlarged Normandie class battleship with an extra quadruple 340 mm turret. The French admiralty considered specifying a 380 mm (15 inch) gun to match contemporary foreign battleships but this could not be designed in time. The machinery would have been similar to the Normandie class with turbines for speed and more economical VTE engines for cruising.
Four ships were planned and orders were due to be placed in 1915. The orders were suspended on the outbreak of war in August 1914 and subsequently cancelled.
- Lyon, (AC de la Loire St Nazaire)
- Duquesne, (Arsenal de Brest)
- Lille (FC de la Meditarranee, La Seyne)
- Tourville (Arsenal de Lorient).
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
