Jean Bart

Jean Bart was a French fast battleship, the second and final member of the Richelieu class. Built as a response to the Italian Littorio class, the Richelieus were based on their immediate predecessors of the Dunkerque class with the same unconventional arrangement that grouped their main battery forward in two quadruple gun turrets. They were scaled up to accommodate a much more powerful main battery of eight 380 mm (15 in) guns, with increased armor to protect them from guns of the same caliber. Jean Bart was laid down in 1936 and was launched in 1940, following the outbreak of World War II in Europe. The ship was not complete by the time Germany won the Battle of France, and Jean Bart was rushed to Casablanca to escape advancing German troops. She had only one of her main turrets installed, along with a handful of anti-aircraft guns.

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draft 9.6 metre, length 248 metre, beam 35 metre, speed 32 knot, 
battleship, Richelieu-class battleship, French Navy, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1940-03-06T00:00:00Z

1940-03-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1936-12-12T00:00:00Z

1936-12-12T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1949-01-08T00:00:00Z

1949-01-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

Ffs Jean Bart, Free French Battleship. January 1943, Casablanca. A14191

Jean Bart 12

Aerial view of Casablanca harbour in 1942

Ffs Jean Bart, Free French Battleship. January 1943, Casablanca. A14191

Jean Bart 12

Aerial view of Casablanca harbour in 1942

Jean Bart damaged 01

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Jean Bart damaged 01

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Ffs Jean Bart, Free French Battleship. January 1943, Casablanca. A14191		Commons
commons	image		Jean Bart 12		Commons
commons	image		Aerial view of Casablanca harbour in 1942		Commons
commons	image		Ffs Jean Bart, Free French Battleship. January 1943, Casablanca. A14191		Commons
commons	image		Jean Bart 12		Commons
commons	image		Aerial view of Casablanca harbour in 1942		Commons
commons	image		Jean Bart damaged 01		Commons
commons	image		Jeanbart		Commons
commons	image		Jeanbart		Commons
commons	image		Jean Bart damaged 01		Commons