French battleship Voltaire (1909)

French battleship Voltaire (1909)

The "Voltaire" was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.

During the First World War, she was hit by two torpedoes launched by the Unterseeboot B-64, but survived thanks to the compartments of her hull.


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