The Carnot was an ironclad battleship

Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...

 of the French Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

. She was laid down in 1891, launched in 1894 and completed in 1897. She was refitted once in the early 1900s.

Design

The Carnot displaced 12,000 tonnes, was 114 metres (374 ft) long, had a beam of 21 metres (68.9 ft) and a draught of 8.4 metres (27.6 ft) . Her complement was 647 men. She was similar to the Charles Martel, besides the hull shape, lower bridge and the absence of a flying deck.

History

She served in the Northern squadron of the French Navy until 1901, when she was transferred to the Mediterranean squadron. In the early 1900's, she went into a modernization during which four 47/40 Hotchkiss guns were added to her, and the two torpedo tubes were removed. In 1913, she was put in the reserve, and used as a barracks hulk from 1914. She was then scrapped somewhere around 1922.

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