French battleship Carnot
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Carnot was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. She was laid down in July 1891, launched in July 1894, and completed in July 1897. She was a member of a group of five broadly similar battl
Illustration of Carnot fitting out, c. 1896
Brennus, which formed the basis for Carnot's design
Line drawing of Carnot
Carnot sometime before 1905
The Royal Sovereign class was a group of eight pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. The ships spent their careers in the Mediterranean, Home and Channel Fleets, sometimes
French battleship Carnot
…group of five broadly similar battleships, along with Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Bouvet, and Masséna, which were ordered in response to the British Royal Sovereign class. Like her half-sisters, she was armed with a main battery of two 305 mm (12 in) guns and two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns in individual turrets. She had a top…
The high-freeboard Royal Sovereign underway in a moderate sea
Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1906
The low-freeboard Hood equipped with turrets
The barbette-equipped Empress of India