Battleships of the "Charlemagne", "Jena" and "Suffren" type: the first "French" with two-gun turrets of the main caliber

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March 12, 1907 from the aft cellar, which stood in the dock of Toulon, the battleship "Iena" (Iena) poured smoke. The flame quickly approached the 305-mm charges and after a series of terrible explosions, the ship turned into a pile of metal, killing 118 sailors ... "Jena" was the development of ships of the "Charlemagne" (Charlemagne), which became the first French squadron battleships that used the generally accepted in other fleets layout of the main battery guns in two-gun turrets. In 1894-1900. built three battleships of the "Charlemagne" type ("Charlemagne", "Saint-Louis", "Golois"), which had typical protection for the "French": belt armor towered above the waterline by only one meter and the slightest roll in battle could cause flooding ship through holes in unprotected skin. New and more powerful "Jena" and "Suffren" were called upon to eliminate the shortcomings. Despite the fact that by 1914 the battleships of the "Charlemagne" type were already rather outdated, they were active in the Mediterranean Sea in the First World War. "Charlemagne" and "Saint-Louis" successfully fought in the Dardanelles operation and on the Solonik front. The Suffren and Golua were badly damaged near the Dardanelles from the fire of Turkish coastal batteries, and when they returned to service, they sank from the torpedoes of German submarines.
This book for the first time in all details restores the history of creation, design, service and combat use of the famous French battleships of the 1894 program. The publication is illustrated with many exclusive photographs and drawings.

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Barcode: 9785041186616 SKU: 70141834 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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