Suffren (1899)

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Suffren
Career Details
Builder: Brest Naval Dockyard
Ordered: 21 April, 1898
Laid down: 5 January, 1899
Launched: 25 July, 1899
Commissioned: 3 February, 1904
Lost: 26 November, 1916
Fate: Sunk by U-52
General Characteristics
Displacement (normal): 12,750 tons
Length: 422.5 feet
Beam: 70 feet
Draught: 28.25 feet
Propulsion: 3 Shaft Triple Expansion, 16,000 ihp. 20 Niclausse boilers
Speed: 16 knots
Range:
Complement: 730
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 305 mm/40 (12") Model 1893/1896 guns in two-gun mountings
  • 6 × BL 164.7 mm/45 (6.5") Models 1893 and 1896 guns on single mountings

Footnotes

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Bibliography

  • Caresse, Philippe (2010). "The Drama of the Battleship Suffren". in Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen. Warship 2010. London: Conway. pp. 9-26. ISBN 978-1-84486-110-1.

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