Alsace class battleship
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| Alsace class Battleship | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Name: | Alsace |
| Number of ships: | 6 |
| Preceded by: | Richelieu class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | none |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 45,000 long tons (45,700 tonnes) |
| Length: | 274 metres |
| Beam: | 35.5 m |
| Draught: | 9.22 m |
| Propulsion: | 197,000 shp (147 MW) geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots |
| Protection: | Side Belt: 320 mm with a 15.5 degree angle, 127 to 152 mm at the ends
Deck: 170 mm upper deck over magazines, 150mm upper deck over machinery Barbettes: 405 mm Torpedo Bulkhead: 30 to 100 mm Turrets: 430 mm face, 270 mm sides, 195 mm roof |
| Armament: | three 380 mm turrets, triple mounts (9 guns) or quad mounts (12 guns) depending on project 12 152 mm guns in triple mounts |
The Alsace class battleships were planned to succeed and enlarge the Richelieu class. With the Fall of France in 1940, none of the ships was built.
The ships were to be named Alsace, Normandie, Flandre, Bourgogne; two more units were not given names. The laying down of the Alsace was planned for 1942.
