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L 20e α-class battleship         
  • alt=Overhead view of a large battleship; black smoke pours from its smoke stacks as it steams through choppy seas.
KAISERLICHE MARINE BATTLESHIP DESIGN, 1917
L20 class battleship; L 20 α class battleship; L 20 α-class battleship
L 20e α was a design for a class of battleships to be built in 1918 for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. Design work on the class of battleship to succeed the s began in 1914, but the outbreak of World War I in July 1914 led to these plans being shelved.
Liberté-class battleship         
  • ''Vérité'' at anchor
  • King Edward VII}}, one of the foreign battleships that prompted the redesign of the latter four ''République''s
  • ''Justice'' at the [[Hudson–Fulton Celebration]] in September 1909
  • Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in ''[[Brassey's Naval Annual]]''
  • 4}}, the direct progenitors of the ''Liberté'' design
  • ''Vérité'' in the United States in 1909, showing the arrangement of the forward main battery turret and the secondary turret and casemate guns
CLASS OF FRENCH PRE-DREADNOUGHTS
Liberte class battleship; Liberté class battleship; Liberte-class battleship; Libertè-class battleship
The Liberté class consisted of four pre-dreadnought battleships built for the French Navy in the early 1900s. The class comprised , , , and .
République-class battleship         
  • alt=The side of the ship has been badly caved in by a large, bent piece of steel plate thrown by the explosion.
  • alt=A large black ship, partially obscured by thick smoke from its funnels, creates a large bow wave as it plows through the water at high speed.
  • alt=A large ship, with a black hull and light upper works, steams through choppy seas; dark black smoke drifts up from three funnels.
  • alt=A large light gray ship passes slowly through calm waters.
  • alt=Top and side view showing the layout of the ships' major features. Large gun turrets are on either end of the ship, with six smaller turrets placed on the sides between them. The armored portion of the hull extends from the bow almost to the stern.
A PAIR OF PRE-DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIPS—RÉPUBLIQUE, THE LEAD SHIP, AND PATRIE—BUILT FOR THE FRENCH NAVY IN THE EARLY 1900S
Republique class battleship; République class battleship; Republique-class battleship
The République class consisted of a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships—, the lead ship, and —built for the French Navy in the early 1900s. They were ordered as part of a naval expansion program directed at countering German warship construction authorized by the German Naval Law of 1898.