Liberté-class battleship
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 The Liberté
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Liberté |
| Builders | Chantiers de la Loire in Saint-Nazaire |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | République-class |
| Succeeded by | Danton-class |
| In commission | 1908 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 14,900 tonnes |
| Length | 134 m |
| Beam | 24.25 m |
| Draught | 8.40 m |
| Propulsion | 3 steam engines, 22 boilers, 20,500 hp |
| Speed | 19.4 knots |
| Range | 8,000 nmi at 12 knots |
| Capacity | 900 tonnes of coal |
| Complement | 25 officers, 715 men |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × 305mm/40 Modèle 1893 guns (twin) 10 × 194 mm (twin) |
| Armour | Belt: 280 mm |
| Notes | Ships in class include: Liberté, Justice, Vérité, Démocratie |
The Liberté class ("liberty") was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.
Design and History
The type was designed by engineer Émile Bertin. Each unit cost 42 million gold francs.
With the Liberté class, French pre-dreadnought design finally caught up with U.S. and British standards (the Connecticut-class and Lord Nelson-class battleships respectively).
See also
Media related to Liberté class battleships at Wikimedia Commons
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