French battleship Carnot

Illustration of Carnot fitting out, c. 1896
Class overview
Preceded by	Charles Martel
Succeeded by	Jauréguiberry
History
France
Name	Carnot
Namesake	Lazare Carnot and Marie François Sadi Carnot
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	July 1891
Launched	July 1894
Commissioned	July 1897
Fate	Broken up in 1922
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	11,954 t (11,765 long tons; 13,177 short tons)
Length	114 m (374 ft)
Beam	21.4 m (70 ft)
Draft	8.36 m (27.4 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft triple expansion engines 24 boilers 16,300 ihp (12,200 kW)
Speed	17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph)
Complement	647
Armament	2 × 1 305mm/45 Modèle 1887 guns 2 × 1 274mm/45 Modèle 1887 guns 8 × 1 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (submerged)
Armor	Belt: 460 mm (18 in) Conning tower: 230 mm (9.1 in) Turrets: 380 mm (15 in)

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 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 speed of 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph).

Carnot had a fairly uneventful career. She spent the majority of her service life in the Northern and Mediterranean Squadrons of the French fleet, where she participated in extensive, annual maneuvers. She was withdrawn from service by the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, and so did not see action during the conflict. She remained in the French Navy's inventory until 1922, when she was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap.