"Condorcet" ( French Condorcet ) - squadron battleship of the naval forces of France . The third in a series of 6 units (Danton, Condorcet, Diderot, Voltaire, Mirabeau, Verno). Named after the French mathematician Marquis de Condorcet .
| Condorcet | |
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| Condorcet (1909) | |
 The battleship Condorcet in pairs | |
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| Class and type of vessel | squadron battleship |
| Organization | French Navy |
| Manufacturer | ACh de la Loire , Saint-Nazaire |
| Construction started | August 23, 1907 |
| Launched | April 20, 1909 |
| Commissioned | July 25, 1911 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1925 re-classified as training ship |
| Status | Withdrew from the fleet in 1931 , sold for metal cutting on December 14, 1945. Finally disassembled by 1949 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 19,763 t (full); 18,318 t (standard) |
| Length | 144.9 m (w / l) |
| Width | 25.8 m |
| Draft | 9.2 m |
| Reservation | main belt 270-150 mm, top. deck 48 mm; lower deck 45 mm towers GK 300 mm, 240 mm turret 200 mm, chopping 300 mm |
| Engines | 4 Parsons steam turbines, 26 Nikloss or Belleville boilers on coal |
| Power | 22 500 l. from. |
| Speed | 19.2 knots |
| Sailing range | 13,800 miles |
| Crew | 923 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 2 - 305/45 mm, 6 × 2 - 240/50 mm, 16 × 75/65 mm; 10 × 47 mm |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 450 mm SLT (M12D) |
Content
- 1 Service
- 1.1 Upgrade
- 1.2 Further service
- 2 Literature
- 3 notes
Service
When World War I broke out in August 1914, the Condorcet took part in the search for the German battle cruiser Geben and the light cruiser Breslau in the Western and Central Mediterranean. Later that month, he took part in the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Zenta in the Adriatic Sea. For most of the war, the ship blocked the Otranto and Dardanelles , preventing German, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish warships from entering the Mediterranean Sea .
Upgrade
During the war, 75 mm anti-aircraft guns were installed on the roofs of two advanced 240-mm gun turrets of the ship. During 1918, the main mast was shortened to allow the ship to fly a balloon; the elevation of 240 mm cannons was also increased, so that their firing range increased to 18,000 meters.
Further Service
After the war, the battleship “Condorcet” was modernized in 1923–25 and reclassified to a training ship. In 1931, the ship was converted into a residential blockchain. In November 1942 , when Nazi Germany occupied Vichy France , the Condorcet was captured intact. The ship was used as a barracks for sailors of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine). The ship was badly damaged during the Allied air bombing in 1944, and was later raised and cut to metal by 1949.
Literature
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. - Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. - ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .
- Gille, Eric. Cent ans de cuirassés français. - Nantes: Marines, 1999 .-- ISBN 2-909675-50-5 .
- Meirat, Jean. French Battleships Vernigaud and Condorcet (neopr.) // FPDS Newsletter. - Akron, Ohio: FPDS, 1978. - T. VI , No. 1 . - S. 5-6 .
- Silverstone, Paul H. Directory of the World's Capital Ships. - New York: Hippocrene Books, 1984. - ISBN 0-88254-979-0 .