French battleship Provence

Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	1 August 1912
Launched:	30 September 1913
Commissioned:	July 1916
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement:	23,230 tons standard, 25,000 tons full load
Length:	Length: 166 m
Beam:	26.9 m
Draught:	9.8 m
Propulsion:	4 shaft Parsons turbines, 18-24 boilers, 29,000 hp
Speed:	20 knots
Range:	4700 nm at 10 knots, 2680 tons coal and 300 tons oil
Complement:	1133
Armament:	10 - 340 mm (13.4 inch) guns (5 × 2) 22 - 138.6 mm guns (22 × 1) 4 - 47 mm guns 4 - 450 mm torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt 270 mm three decks 40 mm each Casemates 170 mm 340 mm turrets 314 mm conning tower

Provence was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class. Provence was built by AC de St Nazaire Penhoet. Served in the Mediterranean in both World Wars. Damaged by the British at Mers-el-Kebir. Repaired at Toulon and sunk on 27 November 1942 in the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.