Provence (ship, 1913)
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 The Provence on 9 November 1942 |
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| Overview | |
| Shipyard |
Arsenal de Lorient |
| Keel laying | May 1, 1912 |
| Launch | April 20, 1913 |
| Commissioning | June 1915 |
| Whereabouts | Canceled in 1949 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
22,200 t (construction) |
| length |
KWL : 164.9 m |
| width |
27 m |
| Draft |
9.80 m |
| crew |
1133 |
| drive |
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| speed |
21.5 kn |
| Range |
4700 nm at 10 kn |
| Armament |
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| power |
New build: 29,000 WPS |
| Armor |
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The Provence was a battleship of the French Navy and part of the three-ship Brittany class .
construction
The keel was laid on May 1, 1912 in the Arsenal de Lorient , the launch on April 20, 1913. She was put into service in June 1915 and, like her sister ships, carried ten of the new 340 mm L / 45 guns Modèle 1912 originally intended for the now-canceled Normandy-class battleships .
The Provence had two sister ships:
Stakes and history
The Provence served in both world wars in the Mediterranean with her two sister ships.
Due to the damage caused by British fire at Mers-el-Kébir ( see also: Operation Catapult ), she was put on the beach to prevent her sinking. It was later taken back to Toulon and repaired. There she was involved in the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet on November 27, 1942 , so that the ship could not fall into German hands. The Germans lifted the ship on July 11, 1943 and removed the main guns. Four of them were built into a coastal fortification in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer (this was nicknamed Big Willie by the Allies ); With a range of 22 nautical miles, the entrance to the port of Toulon could be controlled and any undesired entry prevented.
After D-Day 1944, the ship was sunk again - this time as a block ship - and just under five years later in April 1949 it was lifted and scrapped.
swell
- Haze Gray & Underway: Battleship Lists. (HTML) Accessed August 10, 2007.
bibliography
- Karig, Commander Walter; Burton, Lieutenant Earl; Freeland, Lieutenant Stephen L .: Battle Report (Volume 2); The Atlantic War . Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., New York and Toronto 1946.
