French battleship Danton (1909)
- French battleship Danton (1909)
The "Danton" was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. A week after it was completed it was sent to the United Kingdom in honor of the Coronation of George V in 1911.
"Danton" served in World War I the French Mediterranean Fleet, helping to protect French troop and supply ships from attack by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It also helped keep the Turkish battlecruiser TCG "Yavuz Sultan Selim" bottled up in the Black Sea.
"Danton" was torpedoed by Lt. Cdr. Robert Moraht of "U-64" at midday on 19 March 1917 in the Tyrrhenian Sea 30 miles south of Sardinia. The battleship was returning to duty from a refit in Toulon and was bound for Corfu off western Greece to join the blockade of the Strait of Otranto. "Danton" was carrying a greater number of men than normal and had been zig-zagging to foil enemy submarines; the tactic failed. 806 men were able to abandon the ship in the 45 minutes that passed before it sank. Survivors were rescued by the destroyer "Massue" and nearby patrol boats. 296 men were lost. Moraht and "U-64" survived counterattack and escaped.
External links
* [http://www.cityofart.net/bship/danton.html "Danton" and the Danton Class Battleships. Drawings, specifications, photos]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyFrench.htm WORLD WAR 1 at SEA: French Navy]
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