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Wednesday 28 September 2016

French minister of navy asked permission for building new battleships according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 18 December 1908

Danton-class

Courbet-class

An item reported that the French minister of navy announced that he would sent a law proposal to the parliament asking for permission to built new large battleships.(1)

Note
1. The Danton-class consisting of the Danton, Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Mirabeau and Vergniaud with a displacement of 18.318 (normal)-19.663 (full load) tons to succeed the Liberté-class and of which the building started in 1908. Succeeded by the 23.475 (standard)-25.579 (full load) tons Courbet-class built between 1910-1914 consisting of the Courbet, Jean Bart, France and Paris.