This picture actually depicts Richelieu, sister ship of Jean Bart.
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	December 1936
Launched:	6 March 1940
Commissioned:	1949
Decommissioned:	1961
Fate:	scrapped in 1969
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	48950 tonnes
Length:	248 m
Width	35 m
Draught:	9.60 m
Propulsion:	four Parsons geared turbines, 150 000 hp (112 MW)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	7671 nautical miles (14,207 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h); 3181 nautical miles (5,891 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement:	911 men in 1950 (incomplete) 1280 men during the Suez affair.
Armament:	8 x 380 mm in 2 quad turrets on the bow 9 x 152 mm AA in 3 triple turrets at the aft 24 x 100 mm AA in 12 twin turrets 8 x 40 mm AA 28 x 57 mm AA in 14 twin turrets 20 x 20 mm AA.
Shielding	belt: 330 mm upper armoured deck: 150 mm lower armoured deck: 40 mm
Planes
Motto:

Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century seaman and corsair Jean Bart. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Richelieu was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century statesman Cardinal Richelieu. ... Image File history File links French-Ensign. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... HMS Victory in 1884 Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored warships between the 15th and 20th Centuries. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Jean Bart (October 21, 1651 - April 27, 1702) was a French naval commander of the 17th century. ...

Derived from the Dunkerque class, Jean Bart (and her sistership Richelieu) were designed to counter the threat of the Italian Navy. Their speed, shielding, armament and overall technology were state of the art (note the unusual 4-gun turret arrangement). The Dunkerque class was a new type of warship of the French Navy, labelled as fast battleship. Not quite the size of a full battleship, they were designed to counter the threat of the German pocket battleships of the Deutschland class. ... The Richelieu was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century statesman Cardinal Richelieu. ... The Italian Regia Marina (literally: Royal Navy) dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification. ...

Jean Bart was laid down in December 1936 and launched on March 6, 1940. Barely 75% completed, her engine having never worked before, she sailed to Casablanca in June 1940 to escape the advance of the German army in France. Only one of her two 380 mm (14.9 inch) main turrets was present. The second one, with only two of the intended four guns, was loaded on a cargo ship which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The 152 mm battery was also missing, and was replaced by anti-aircraft armament. Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Casablanca from space A view on the Boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Casablanca (classical Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, transliterated , the white house, dar beïda in dialectal Moroccan Arabic) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ... Look up June in Wiktionary, the free dictionary June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The quadruple 380mm turrets of Richelieu and Jean Bart

On November 8, 1942, the French fleet in Casablanca was attacked by American warships and airplanes from USS Ranger. Jean Bart managed to battle USS Massachusetts, taking hits from several bombs and 16 inch (406 mm) shells. On the 10th, Jean Bart opened fire again onto USS Augusta, much to the surprise of the American staff who thought she had been silenced. This drew action from Ranger, and Jean Bart took two 500 kg bombs, which opened a leak, making her run aground. Combat was over in the evening, and the ship was surrendered to Free France. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1953x894, 194 KB) Model of the quadruple 380 mm turrets, main armament of the Richelieu and the Jean Bart Photograph by Rama File links The following pages link to this file: FS Richelieu (1935-1967) Jean Bart (1949-1961) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1953x894, 194 KB) Model of the quadruple 380 mm turrets, main armament of the Richelieu and the Jean Bart Photograph by Rama File links The following pages link to this file: FS Richelieu (1935-1967) Jean Bart (1949-1961) ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... The sixth USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. ... USS Massachusetts (BB-59), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state. ... The fourth USS Augusta (CA-31) (originally CL-31) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in...

Subsequently, it was suggested that Jean Bart be completed in the USA (her sistership, Richelieu, had undertaken refitting there), but this proved impossible. Projects to convert her into an aircraft carrier were accepted but canceled. For the next two years the unfinished ship remained stranded in Casablanca. The Richelieu was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century statesman Cardinal Richelieu. ... Casablanca from space A view on the Boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Casablanca (classical Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, transliterated , the white house, dar beïda in dialectal Moroccan Arabic) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ...

She returned to France in 1945, and was eventually completed in 1949, under a brand new design influenced by lessons from the previous conflict. Jean Bart took her part in the Suez Crisis. Put into the reserve in 1957, she was decommissioned in 1961, and scrapped in 1969. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 189 Israelis KIA, unknown number WIA, 16 British... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

External links

• Caractéristiques principales (in French) Schematics of a turret
• Galerie de photos (in French) Photographs
• Maritimequest Jean Bart Photo Gallery