The Corbe class was a class of battleships built by the French Navy. Four ships of the same type: Corby, Ocean (formerly: Jean Barr), Paris, france.
Influenced by the "new school" of ideas that emphasized torpedo boats fighting cruisers, the French Navy's strategic wobble had left it behind in some areas of large warships.
It was not until 1909 that the French government realized that the French Navy had fallen to the fifth place in the world and began to work hard to reorganize the French Navy. Therefore, France began to build dreadnoughts relatively late.
In 1909, the French Navy began to build France's first class of dreadnought battleships, the Corbe class battleships. The Corby class was equipped with 12 305 mm guns, each mounted in six twin turrets.
There are two main turrets in the front and rear of the hull, arranged in a piggyback arrangement on the longitudinal axis of the hull, and the main turrets on both sides of the ship are in the same style as those of the battleship Dreadnought, and one is installed on each side of the superstructure.
The layout of the main turret is a relatively backward style, with a legacy derived from the diamond-shaped arrangement of artillery by French battleships at that time, which is different from the trend of the main turrets all arranged along the longitudinal axis of the hull at that time.
The Corby class is not yet complete, and it is already behind the times in terms of the caliber, range and firepower layout of the main gun.
The Corbe-class battleships were converted in 1926-1929 with the reconstruction of the superstructure and three-legged main mast, the replacement of a new boiler and the integration of the two chimneys in the front, the modification of the fire control system, and the installation of anti-aircraft guns.
The Courbet (named after French Vice Admiral Kolbe, also translated as Lone Pull) was completed in November 1913. In 1939, it was converted to a training ship.
During World War II, after France surrendered after its defeat, it joined the Free French Navy on 3 July 1940 after being taken over by the Royal Navy. June 1944 sank as a blocking ship in Normandy.
Originally known as Jean.Bart, ocean was wounded by Austro-Hungarian submarines during World War I. Renamed The Ocean in 1936 and a practice ship in 1938, it was sunk by the Germans in March 1944 during World War II.
The Paris was completed in August 1914. Wounded by the Luftwaffe on 11 June 1940 in World War II, France joined the Free French Navy after being taken over by the British Navy after its defeat and surrender. It was abandoned in December 1955.
France was completed in August 1914 and sank on 26 August 1922.
The standard displacement is 22,189 tons, the full load displacement is 26,000 tons; the length of the ship is 168 meters, the width of the ship is 28 meters, the draft is 9 meters; 24 coal-fired boilers (16 large, 8 small), 4-axis propulsion; the speed is 20 knots, the endurance is 2700 nautical miles/18.3 knots; and the establishment is 1108 people.
6 twin-mounted mle 1910 305 mm/45 caliber main guns; 22 138 mm/55 caliber secondary guns; Four 47 mm anti-aircraft guns (7 7 76 mm guns and 2 45 mm anti-aircraft guns added in 1928);
Armor belt 178-262 mm; Main deck 25 mm; Turret 300 mm; Commander Tower (front) 300 mm.