Ships
Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | In Service | Fate |
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Normandie | A C de la Loire, St Nazaire | 18 April 1913 | 19 October 1914 | — | Incomplete, scrapped 1924–1925 |
Flandre | Arsenal de Brest, Brest | 1 October 1913 | 20 October 1914 | — | Incomplete, scrapped October 1924 |
Gascogne | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient | 1 October 1913 | 20 August 1914 | — | Incomplete, scrapped 1923–1924 |
Languedoc | Arsenal de Lorient | 18 April 1913 | 1 May 1916 | — | Incomplete, scrapped June 1929 |
Béarn | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 10 January 1914 | April 1920 | May 1927 | Converted to aircraft carrier, scrapped 1967 |
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