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  Masséna 1900  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Masséna			F C de la Loire, St-Nazaire	9/1892	24.7.1895	6/1898	hulk 1915

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	11735
Displacement full, t
Length, m	112.7 pp 115.5 oa
Breadth, m	20.3
Draught, m	8.84 max
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 VTE, 24 Lagrafel d`Allest boilers
Power, h. p.	14200
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 980
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	Nickel steel; belt: 450 - 250, upper belt: 100, main turrets: 400 - 350, turret bases: up to 150, secondary turrets: 100, CT: 350, decks: 110
Armament	2 x 1 - 305/40 M1893, 2 x 1 - 274/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 139/45 M1887, 8 x 1 - 100/45 M1891, 12 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 5 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 3 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 450 TT (beam, 2 aw, 2 sub)
Complement	667

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Project history

The Masséna was not a very successful ship and was 900t overweight. As in Charles Martel the hull was cut down to the main deck at the stern and to increase buoyancy forward there was a pronounced snout bow. The two funnels were far apart, there was little superstructure and although there were two military masts, the mainmast was short. The main and secondary armament was arranged as in Charles Martel with the 100mm in shields at forecastle deck level.

Ship protection

The belt, 2.3m wide, ended 9m from the stern in a 240mm bulkhead and is described in a British report as 'unduly immersed'. It was 450mm amidships with a 250mm lower edge and 250mm forward and aft. The 100mm upper belt was raised at the bow, and the armour decks were as in Charles Martel except that they appear to have been further apart with cellular layer between 70mm main and 40mm splinter decks.

Modernizations

early 1900s: - 2 - 450 TT (aw).

Naval service

The hulk of Masséna was towed from Toulon to Cape Helles to form a breakwater for the January 1916 evacuation and scuttled there 9.11.1915.