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Charles Martel ' s armor weighed 4,569 t (4,497 long tons), 38.5% of the ship's displacement, and was constructed from a mix of nickel steel and compound armor plates that were manufactured by Schneider-Creusot. The waterline belt extended the full length of the ship and it had an average height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in), although it reduced to 1.8 m ...
The Charles Martel class was a planned class of ironclad barbette ships of the French Navy.The class comprised two ships, Charles Martel and Brennus, and represented an incremental improvement over the preceding Marceau class, being larger, but carrying the same main battery of four 340 mm (13.4 in) guns in single mounts.
Charles Martel (/ m ɑːr ˈ t ɛ l /; c. 688 – 22 October 741), [3] Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death.
Charles Martel was the first of a group of five broadly similar battleships ordered during the 1890 construction program as part of the French response to a major British naval construction program. The five ships were built to the same basic design parameters, though the individual architects were allowed to deviate from each other in lesser ...
These names were Saint-Louis, Henri IV, Charlemagne, Brennus, Charles Martel and Vercingetorix. All work on the Saint-Louis class was scrapped after the fall of France on 25 June 1940, without a finalized armour layout (out of four different suggested plans) and without finalized details on the engines.
Though this ship was designed for sail as well as steam power, her sails were removed before completion. ... Charles Martel class 10,600–10,650 tons, slightly ...
The state-of-the-art ship Le Lyonnais was built in 1855 for transatlantic passenger and mail service. The ship never made it home following its maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York in January 1856.
Date Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes 16 February French Navy Jauréguiberry: Pre-dreadnought battleship : 20 February French Navy Charles Martel: Pre-dreadnought battleship