Liberté

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire
St. Nazaire, France
Hull Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
April 19, 1905
Keel Laid:
November 1902
Completed:
1908
Fate:
Exploded Sept. 25, 1911 at Toulon Harbor killing 285. Hulk scrapped.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
443' 9"
Engines:
3 four cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion
Beam:
79' 7"
Boilers:
24 Niclausse (coal fired)
Draft:
27'
Shafts:
3
Displacement:
14,868 std
SHP:
18,000
Speed:
18 knots
Crew:
762
Range:
6,000 @ 10 knots


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
12"/45 (305mm)
2 twin turrets
N/A
10
7.6"/50 (194mm)
5 twin turrets
N/A
2
18" (450mm)
torpedo tubes
N/A
N/A


Builder's Data
Page published Jan 22, 2007