700-27 COURBET, FRANCE, JEAN BART OR PARIS 1914

Jean Bart is a French dreadnought battleship from the beginning of the 20th century. The keel for this unit was laid in 1910, the launch took place in 1911, and the entry into service in the Marine Nationale - in 1913. The full displacement of the ship at the time of launching was about 25,600 tons, length - 166 m, and width 27 meters. The maximum speed was up to 21 knots. The on-board armament consisted of: 12 305 mm guns in six turrets, 2 guns each, and 22 138 mm guns. Jean Bart was the second of four Courbet-class battleships. The battleships of this type were the first dreadnought battleships in the French Marine Nationale. The units had, by contemporary standards, strong and numerous main artillery, good armor and decent performance. They were undoubtedly one of the most powerful ships in the Mediterranean during World War I. The battleship spent almost all of this conflict in the Mediterranean against the Austro-Hungarian fleet. In the course of these activities, i.a. sunk cruiser Zenta on August 16, 1914. At the end of the war, he was directed to the Black Sea to assist whites in the fight against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. In the 1920s, it was modernized twice, but its combat value was already quite low. For this reason, it was renamed (Ocean) in 1936 and was reclassified as a training ship based in Toulon. After the defeat of France in 1940, it was taken over by the Germans, and in 1944 it sank as a result of an Allied air raid. However, a year later (1945) it was lifted from the bottom and sold for scrap.