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× 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">?? x 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Belt: 330 mm (13 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Upper <a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">deck</a>: 170 to 180 mm (6.7 to 7.1 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Lower deck: 40 mm (1.6 in)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics (No. 2 design)</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Standard: 42,500 long tons (43,200 t)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Normal: 47,000 long tons (47,800 t)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>256 m (840 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35.5 m (116 ft 6 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>190,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (140,000 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>31 knots</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × triple 406 mm (16 in) guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × triple 152 mm guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × twin 100 mm AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">?? × 37 mm AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">?? x 25 mm AA guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Belt: 330 mm</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Upper deck: 170–180 mm</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Deck: 40 mm</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics (No. 3 design)</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Standard: 45,000 long tons (46,000 t)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Normal: 50,700 long tons (51,500 t)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>265 m (869 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35.5 m</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>220,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (160,000 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>32 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (59 km/h; 37 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × quadruple 380 mm guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × triple 152 mm guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × twin 100 mm AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">?? × 37 mm AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">?? x 25 mm AA guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Belt: 350 mm (13.8 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Upper deck: 170–180 mm</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Deck: 40 mm</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b><i>Alsace</i> class</b> was a pair of <a href="/wiki/Fast_battleship" title="Fast battleship">fast battleships</a> planned by the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> in the late 1930s in response to German plans to build two <a href="/wiki/H-class_battleship_proposals" title="H-class battleship proposals">H-class battleships</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Second_London_Naval_Treaty" title="Second London Naval Treaty">Second London Naval Treaty</a> collapsed. The <i>Alsace</i> design was based on variants of the <a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Richelieu</i> class</a>, and three proposals were submitted by the design staff. The proposed armament included nine or twelve 380 mm (15 in) guns or nine 406 mm (16 in) guns, but no choice was definitively made before the program ended in mid-1940. According to one pair of historians, logistical considerations—including the size of the 12-gun variant and the introduction of a new shell <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">caliber</a> for the 406 mm version—led the naval command to settle on the nine 380 mm design. But another pair of authors disagree, believing that the difficulty of designing and manufacturing a three-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turret</a> would have caused prohibitive delays during wartime, making the third, largest variant the most likely to have been built. The ships would have forced the French government to make significant improvements to its harbor and shipyard facilities, as the smaller <i>Richelieu</i>s already stretched the limitations of existing shipyards. With construction of the first member of the class scheduled for 1941, the plan was terminated by the German victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> in May–June 1940. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_development">Background and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-class_battleship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_(80-G-78789).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg/220px-French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg/330px-French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg/440px-French_battleship_Richelieu_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_26_August_1943_%2880-G-78789%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5584" data-file-height="4424" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Richelieu" title="French battleship Richelieu"><i>Richelieu</i></a>, the previous French battleship design</figcaption></figure> <p>France, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed the <a href="/wiki/Second_London_Naval_Treaty" title="Second London Naval Treaty">Second London Naval Treaty</a> in 1936, though Japan and Italy both refused to do so, which effectively ended the international naval arms control regime begun with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty" title="Washington Naval Treaty">Washington Naval Treaty</a> of 1922. The treaty was to have reduced the <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">caliber</a> of new <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a>' <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main batteries</a> from 406 mm (16 in) to 356 mm (14 in) while retaining the original <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displacement</a> limit of 35,000 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (36,000 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>), but the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> insisted on an "escalator clause" that allowed a reversion to 406 mm guns if any signatory to the original naval treaties refused to sign the Second London agreement. After Japan withdrew from the conference on 15 January 1937 and refused to return, the United States invoked the clause on 31 March. A year later, the French, American, and British naval commands exchanged notes that resulted in a joint agreement on 30 June 1938 permitting construction of battleships with a displacement of up to 45,000 long tons (46,000 t).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas176–177_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas176–177-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBreyer80_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBreyer80-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French naval command initially intended to remain within the original displacement limits, since existing naval infrastructure prohibited vessels larger than the <a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Richelieu</i> class</a>, and even for those 35,000-ton ships, inventive measures had to be taken to build the first two vessels. The work to improve French shipyards and harbor facilities would have significantly increased the cost of building battleships up to the treaty maximum. The command assumed that only Japan and the United States would be interested in building 45,000-ton ships and so announced that it would respect the 35,000-ton limit so long as other European navies did the same. French plans were disrupted in mid-1939 when French <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">military intelligence</a> became aware that the German <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> (War Navy) had begun construction of two <a href="/wiki/H-class_battleship_proposals" title="H-class battleship proposals">H-class battleships</a> in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Plan_Z" title="Plan Z">Plan Z</a>; these were 56,000-long-ton (57,000 t) ships, though French intelligence initially believed them to be only 40,000-long-ton (41,000 t) vessels. This development led <i>Vice-Amiral</i> (Vice Admiral) <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan" title="François Darlan">François Darlan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the French Navy">Chief of Staff of the French Navy</a>, to order design studies for new battleships that exceeded the 35,000-ton limit. Darlan specified that the armament was to be 400 mm (15.7 in), 406 mm, or 420 mm (16.5 in).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas177_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas177-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBreyer305–309_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBreyer305–309-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure_concerns">Infrastructure concerns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-class_battleship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Infrastructure concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1930s, there were only three existing <a href="/wiki/Slipway" title="Slipway">slipways</a> capable of building large ships: The No. 4 dock at <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest</a> and the <i>Forme Caquot</i> and No. 1 docks in <a href="/wiki/Saint-Nazaire" title="Saint-Nazaire">Saint-Nazaire</a>. The No. 4 dock was only 250 m (820 ft), too short to build any vessel larger than the <i>Richelieu</i>s (which themselves had to be built without their bow or stern and completed after launching), and the No. 1 dock in Saint-Nazaire was already occupied with building the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Joffre" title="French aircraft carrier Joffre"><i>Joffre</i></a> (and was slated to begin construction of her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister</a> <a href="/wiki/Joffre-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Joffre-class aircraft carrier"><i>Painlevé</i></a> after the latter's projected launch in 1941).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To build battleships to compete with the German H-class vessels, the French Navy would need to embark on a major program to improve its infrastructure. The Laninon Docks at the <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_de_Brest" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenal de Brest">Arsenal de Brest</a> were to be significantly expanded; a new, longer dock (that would be designated Dock No. 10) that was 275 m (902 ft) long and 58 m (190 ft) wide was to be excavated, which would have been large enough to construct the <i>Alsace</i> class. A new 360 m (1,180 ft) long <a href="/wiki/Graving_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Graving dock">graving dock</a> was to be built, and the existing Dock No. 9 was to be lengthened from 250 m to 300 m (980 ft). Dock No. 10 was slated to be completed by 1942, at which point work on the graving dock would begin, as budgetary limitations and a shortage of skilled workers prevented both facilities from being built at the same time. At a later date, Dock No. 10 was to be lengthened to 360 m as well.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to shipbuilding facilities, the new battleships would necessitate improved repair and harbor facilities at the various major naval bases. Port facilities had already been built or were in the process of construction at <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg_Naval_Base" title="Cherbourg Naval Base">Cherbourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_de_Toulon" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenal de Toulon">Toulon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bizerte" title="Bizerte">Bizerte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a>, though dry-docks in those ports were not sufficient to handle even a <i>Richelieu</i> in a damaged condition (where flooding would increase <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> to more than 11 m (36 ft)). It was estimated that these docks would need to be dredged to at least 12 m (39 ft) to accommodate the <i>Alsace</i> design. The navy had to acquire other equipment, including the <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboats</a> necessary to maneuver the ships in port and <a href="/wiki/Floating_crane" class="mw-redirect" title="Floating crane">floating cranes</a> needed to <a href="/wiki/Fitting-out" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitting-out">fit out</a> the vessels, but shortages in machinery slowed construction and owing to the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in September 1939, France was unable to order the vessels from neutral countries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_proposals">Design proposals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-class_battleship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Design proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Design work began in late 1939; three versions were prepared, all of which were developments of the Project C type that was created during the design process for the <a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship#Clemenceau_and_Gascogne_variants" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Clemenceau</i> and <i>Gascogne</i> variants</a> of the <i>Richelieu</i> class. Unlike the standard <i>Richelieu</i> type that mounted all eight of their main battery guns in a pair of four-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a> forward, the Project C design adopted an arrangement with two three-gun turrets forward and one triple turret aft. The design staff considered three <a href="/wiki/Standard_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard displacement">standard displacements</a>; 40,000 long tons (41,000 t), 42,500 long tons (43,200 t), and 45,000 long tons (46,000 t). The first was the same figure proposed for the British <a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i>-class battleships</a> and that incorrectly assumed for the German H-class ships, the third was the maximum under the agreement reached with Britain and the United States, and the second was a compromise displacement figured to be the minimum that could accommodate the mandated top speed of at least 30 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (56 km/h; 35 mph) along with a battery of 406 mm guns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first proposal for <i>Alsace</i>, No. 1, was essentially a slightly enlarged version of Project C. The ship had a longer hull, which required a 15,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (11,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>) increase in <a href="/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower">horsepower</a> while incurring a loss of one knot in top speed. No. 2 was a scaled up version of No. 1, with the 380 mm guns replaced with 406 mm guns. The even larger hull necessitated a further increase in horsepower by 20,000 shp (15,000 kW) to maintain the same speed. The No. 3 type was enlarged further to accommodate three quadruple 380 mm turrets, though it managed to increase speed by a knot. All of the designs would have carried a light anti-aircraft battery of 37 mm (1.5 in) and 25 mm (0.98 in) guns, but the numbers and arrangements of those guns had not been finalized before the program came to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"> <caption>Characteristics<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas177_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas177-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th rowspan="2">Design </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">Length overall</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">Beam</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Standard_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard displacement">Standard displacement</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Normal displacement </th> <th rowspan="2">Power </th> <th rowspan="2">Speed </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Belt_Armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Belt Armor">Belt Armor</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Decks</a> </th> <th colspan="3">Armament </th></tr> <tr> <td>Upper </td> <td>Lower </td> <td>Primary </td> <td>Secondary </td> <td>Tertiary </td></tr> <tr> <td>No. 1 </td> <td>252 m (826 ft 9 in) </td> <td>35 m (114 ft 10 in) </td> <td>40,000 long tons (41,000 t) </td> <td>44,800 long tons (45,500 t) </td> <td>170,000 shp (130,000 kW) </td> <td rowspan="2">31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph) </td> <td rowspan="2">330 mm (13 in) </td> <td rowspan="3">170–180 mm (6.7–7.1 in) </td> <td rowspan="3">40 mm (1.6 in) </td> <td>9 × <a href="/wiki/380mm/45_Mod%C3%A8le_1935_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="380mm/45 Modèle 1935 gun">380 mm (15 in)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">9 × <a href="/wiki/Canon_de_152_mm_Mod%C3%A8le_1930" title="Canon de 152 mm Modèle 1930">152 mm (6 in)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 × 100 mm (3.9 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>No. 2 </td> <td>256 m (839 ft 11 in) </td> <td rowspan="2">35.5 m (116 ft 6 in) </td> <td>42,500 long tons (43,200 t) </td> <td>47,000 long tons (47,800 t) </td> <td>190,000 shp (140,000 kW) </td> <td>9 × 406 mm (16 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td>No. 3 </td> <td>265 m (869 ft 5 in) </td> <td>45,000 long tons (46,000 t) </td> <td>50,700 long tons (51,500 t) </td> <td>220,000 shp (160,000 kW) </td> <td>32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) </td> <td>350 mm (13.8 in) </td> <td>12 × 380 mm </td> <td>24 × 100 mm </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Darlan and the rest of the naval command evaluated the design proposals, but the choice was obvious from the start according to the historians John Jordan and Robert Dumas. No. 2, armed with 406 mm guns, would have introduced a fourth caliber to the French battle line (after the 380 mm guns of the <i>Richelieu</i>s, the 330 mm (13 in) guns of the <a href="/wiki/Dunkerque-class_battleship" title="Dunkerque-class battleship"><i>Dunkerque</i>s</a>, and the 340 mm (13 in) guns of the older <a href="/wiki/Bretagne-class_battleship" title="Bretagne-class battleship"><i>Bretagne</i>s</a>). Additionally, the 406 mm gun had not yet been produced, so the necessary design work might have delayed completion of the new ships. The No. 3 type was simply too large for existing naval bases to easily accommodate. This left No. 1 as the only realistic option for the next battleship program.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historians William Garzke and Robert Dulin disagree, however, pointing out that the French Navy had never built a three-gun turret before. Building the ships under wartime constraints (and with the need to produce the ship as quickly as possible), repeating the four-gun turrets of the <i>Richelieu</i>s made the most sense, and they argue that the No. 3 design was the most likely version to be built.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145–146_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145–146-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Garzke and Dulin project that a finalized No. 3 design would have had a <a href="/wiki/Full-load_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-load displacement">full-load displacement</a> of 55,125 long tons (56,010 t), which would have included lengthening the <a href="/wiki/Hull_(watercraft)" title="Hull (watercraft)">hull</a> to 270 m (890 ft) with the same beam of 35.5 m. At these dimensions, the <a href="/wiki/Draft_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft (nautical)">draft</a> would have been 9.25 m (30.3 ft), and with 197,200 shp (147,100 kW), the ship could have been propelled at a speed of at least 30 knots. They estimate that the projected battery of twenty-four 100 mm guns would have been cut in half, in line with the other variants, and eighteen 37 mm guns would have been carried. They expect the belt would have been increased to a maximum of 360 mm (14.2 in) with an incline of 15.5 degrees from the vertical to improve its resistance to long-range fire. According to their design study, the main deck would have been reduced slightly, to 170 mm over the <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)" title="Magazine (artillery)">magazines</a> and 150 mm (5.9 in) over the propulsion machinery spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two of the new ships were authorized on 1 April 1940. The first vessel was slated to be <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> at the No. 1 slipway at Saint-Nazaire after <i>Joffre</i> was to be launched in 1941, displacing <i>Painlevé</i>, which was not reallocated to another builder before the program ended. The second member of the class was to be laid down in 1942 in the new No. 10 dock in Brest, which was to have been completed by that time. On 15 May 1940, the navy proposed four names for the first two ships for Darlan to select; these were <i>Alsace</i>, <i>Normandie</i>, <i>Flandre</i>, and <i>Bourgogne</i>. According to Garzke and Dulin, the government considered authorizing two more vessels, though no contracts were placed. Initial orders for building material were scheduled for mid-1940, but following the German victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> by June, all French naval construction programs came to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-class_battleship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBreyer305–309_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBreyer">Breyer</a>, pp. 305–309.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJordan_&_Dumas">Jordan & Dumas</a>, p. 179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas178_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJordan_&_Dumas">Jordan & Dumas</a>, p. 178.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas179–180_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJordan_&_Dumas">Jordan & Dumas</a>, pp. 179–180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGarzke_&_Dulin">Garzke & Dulin</a>, p. 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJordan_&_Dumas180_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJordan_&_Dumas">Jordan & Dumas</a>, p. 180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145–146-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin145–146_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGarzke_&_Dulin">Garzke & Dulin</a>, pp. 145–146.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_&_Dulin146_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGarzke_&_Dulin">Garzke & Dulin</a>, p. 146.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-class_battleship&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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London: Macdonald and Jane's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-356-04191-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-356-04191-9"><bdi>978-0-356-04191-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battleships+and+Battle+Cruisers+1905%E2%80%931970&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Jane%27s&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=978-0-356-04191-9&rft.aulast=Breyer&rft.aufirst=Siegfried&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsace-class+battleship" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGarzke_&_Dulin" class="citation book cs1">Garzke, William H. Jr. & Dulin, Robert O. Jr. (1980). <i>British, Soviet, French, and Dutch Battleships of World War II</i>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-100-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-100-3"><bdi>978-0-87021-100-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British%2C+Soviet%2C+French%2C+and+Dutch+Battleships+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=978-0-87021-100-3&rft.aulast=Garzke&rft.aufirst=William+H.+Jr.&rft.au=Dulin%2C+Robert+O.+Jr.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsace-class+battleship" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJordan_&_Dumas" class="citation book cs1">Jordan, John & Dumas, Robert (2009). <i>French Battleships 1922–1956</i>. 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boat"><i>La Melpomène</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Fier-class_torpedo_boat" title="Le Fier-class torpedo boat"><i>Le Fier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_La_Combattante" title="French destroyer La Combattante"><i>La Combattante</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escorteur" title="Escorteur">Escorteurs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Flower-class_corvette" title="French Flower-class corvette">French Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PC-461-class_submarine_chaser" title="PC-461-class submarine chaser"><i>PC-461</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_France" title="List of submarines of France">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir%C3%A8ne-class_submarine_(1925)" title="Sirène-class submarine (1925)"><i>Sirène</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane-class_submarine" title="Ariane-class submarine"><i>Ariane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circ%C3%A9-class_submarine_(1925)" title="Circé-class submarine (1925)"><i>Circé</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argonaute-class_submarine" title="Argonaute-class submarine"><i>Argonaute</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion-class_submarine" title="Orion-class submarine"><i>Orion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane-class_submarine_(1930)" title="Diane-class submarine (1930)"><i>Diane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saphir-class_submarine_(1928)" title="Saphir-class submarine (1928)"><i>Saphir</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requin-class_submarine" title="Requin-class submarine"><i>Requin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redoutable-class_submarine_(1928)" title="Redoutable-class submarine (1928)"><i>Redoutable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf" title="French submarine Surcouf"><i>Surcouf</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minerve-class_submarine" title="Minerve-class submarine"><i>Minerve</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurore-class_submarine" title="Aurore-class submarine"><i>Aurore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Curie_(P67)" title="French submarine Curie (P67)"><i>Curie</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acciaio-class_submarine" title="Acciaio-class submarine"><i>Narval</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aviso" title="Aviso">Avisos</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabis-class_sloop" title="Arabis-class sloop"><i>Arabis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrietia-class_sloop" title="Aubrietia-class sloop"><i>Ville d'Ys</i></a><span 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