![]() The St Louis, sister-ship of the Charlemagne | |
History | |
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Namesake | Charlemagne |
Builder | Brest shipyard |
Laid down | 1894 |
Launched | October 12 1895[1] |
Commissioned | December 1899 |
Stricken | 1920 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Charlemagne class battleship |
Displacement | 11,300 tonnes |
Length | 118 m (387 ft) |
Beam | 20.5 m (67 ft) |
Draught | 8.40 m (27.6 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 steam engines, 3 shafts, 14,500 HP |
Speed | 18 knots |
Complement | 725 men |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × 305mm/40 Modèle 1893 guns in twin mounts
10 × 138mm/45 Modèle 1893 guns in single mouts |
Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) belt : 250-400 mm
decks : 90 and 40 mm |
The Charlemagne was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.
In 1915, along with her sister-ship Gaulois, she took part in the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, under admiral Guépratte.