Photo French warship

Original photos of the war years in excellent collectible condition. The size of 6.5*8.5 cm reverse side is clean. The guarantee of authenticity.

The ship was laid down on May 1, 1912, and launched on April 20, 1913. Joined the fleet on March 1, 1916. Provence spent most of her service in the French Mediterranean Fleet, where she served as the flagship. During the First World War, the battleship was based in Corfu, blocking the Austro-Hungarian fleet in the Adriatic Sea, but did not conduct combat operations. In June 1919, a mutiny took place on the ship, one of a series of many after the Black Sea uprisings. After the war, the ship conducted cruises and training maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. He participated in coastal patrols during the Spanish Civil War. Provence underwent modernization in the 1920s and 1930s. In the first year of World War II, Provence conducted patrols in the Atlantic in search of German submarines. The battleship was in Mers el Kebir when France was defeated and concluded an armistice with Germany on June 22, 1940. Fearing that the Germans would capture the French navy, the British Royal Navy attacked Mers el Kebir. During the attack, Provence was damaged and stranded, after repairs she was re-commissioned and transferred to Toulon, where she became the flagship of the fleet's training unit. At the end of November 1942, the Germans occupied Toulon and, to prevent the capture of the fleet, the French destroyed their ships, including the Provence. Partially dismantled on site, its remains were raised in July 1943, and the Provence guns were used for coastal defense. The Provence was eventually scuttled in 1944. The ship's skeleton was raised in April 1949 and sold for cutting into metal.