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Factbook of France (WW1 Role-play)
Name: Third French Republic
Capitol: Paris
Area: Western Europe
Population:
Leader: Rene Viviani(1914), Aristide Briand(1915-17),Georges Clemenceau(1917-20)
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Armies: 47 divisions (777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops) in 21 regional corps, with attached cavalry and field-artillery units.
Fleets:La premiere armee navale (1st Naval Army)
Flagship : battleship Amiral Courbet (23,500 t)
1re escadre : 6 Danton class battleships (18,000 t)
2e escadre : 5 Patrie class battleships (15,000 t)
1re division legere : 4 armoured cruisers (13,000 to 14,000 t)
2e division legere : 3 armoured cruisers (13,000 t)
Division de complement : old battleships (12,000 t) : Suffren, Saint-Louis, Gaulois, Bouvet
Division speciale : 2 old battleships, 4 armoured cruisers et 3 light cruisers
6 escadrilles each with 6 super-destroyers
2 escadrilles each with 8 submarines(Medd)
1re division de croiseurs cuirasses (1st Armoured Cruisers division) :
Marseillaise, Amiral Aube, Jeanne de Arc
2e division de croiseurs cuirasses (2nd Armoured Cruisers division):
Gloire, Gueydon, Dupetit-Thouars
croiseur protege (protected cruiser) Lavoisier
3 contre-torpilleurs (super-destroyers)
1re escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (1st Fleet destroyers squadron) :
6 torpilleurs d'escadre (Fleet destroyers)
2e escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (2nd Fleet destroyers squadron):
6 torpilleurs d'escadre
3e escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (3rd Fleet destroyers squadron):
6 torpilleurs d'escadre
Groupe de reserve des torpilleurs d'escadre (Reserve group, Fleet destroyers) :
4 torpilleurs d'escadre
1re escadrille de sous-marins (Cherbourg) (1st Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 9 sous-marins
2e escadrille de sous-marins (Calais) (2nd Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 7 sous-marins
3e escadrille de sous-marins (Cherbourg) (3rd Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 5 sous-marins
Defense mobile de Dunkerque (Mobile Defence, Dunkerque) :
2 torpilleurs, 20 petits torpilleurs. (2 destroyers, 20 very small destroyers)
(English Channel)
MINELAYERS: both with 2nd Lt. Squad., Channel
Pluton
Cerber
SUBMARINES
(All four of these were used for local defense at Cherbourg)
Sirene Q 5
Triton Q 6
Espadon Q 13
Silure Q 14
Aigrette Q 38-- Local defense, Cherbourg
Cigogne Q 39-- Not known. Reported in Brindizi in 1916.
Argonaute Q 40-- Not known.
Emeraude Q 41-- Not known.
Opale Q 42-- Not known.
Rubis Q 43-- Not known.
Saphir Q 44-- Not known. Sunk at Dardenelles Jan. 15, 1915.
Topase Q 45-- Not known.
Turquoise Q 46-- Not known. Grounded and captured at Dardenelles Oct. 30, 1915.
Circe Q 47-- Touloun; she sank her sister ship Calypso in a collision there on July 7, 1914.
Pluviose Q 51-- Not known.
Ventuse Q 52 -- Not known.
Germinal Q 53 -- Not known.
Floreal Q 54 -- Not known.
Prairial Q 55 -- Not known.
Messidor Q 56 -- Not known.
Thermidor Q 57 -- Not known.
Fructidor Q 58 -- Not known.
Papin Q 64 -- Not known. Sept. 9, 1915-- torpedoed Austrian torpedo boat.
Fresnel Q 65 -- Not known. July 13, 1915-- defended Pelagosa
Berthelot Q 66 -- Not known.
Monge Q 67 -- Not known. Sunk in the Adriatic, Dec. 29, 1915
Ampere Q 68 -- Not known. Missed Austria-Hungarian DD, July 23, 1915.
Gay-Lussac Q 69 -- Not known.
Watt Q 75 -- Not known.
Cugot Q 76 -- In Mediterranean (Halpern)
Giffard Q 77 -- Not known.
BRUMAIRE CLASS: ALL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Brumaire Q 60
Frimaire Q 62
Nivose Q 63
Foucault Q 70
Euler Q 71
Franklin Q 72
Faraday Q 78
Volta Q 79
Newton Q 80
Montgolfier Q 81
Beruouilli Q 83
Joule Q 84
Coulomb Q 85
Arago Q 86
Curie Q 87
Le Verrier Q 88
Archimede Q 73-- Not known. Dec. 28, 1915: sank transport in Adriatic.
Mariotte Q 74-- Not known. Sunk at Dardenelles
Amiral Bourgois Q 82-- Channel
Cloriade Q 90-- Not known.
Cornelie Q 91 -- Not known.
Gustave Zede Q 92-- Adriatic.
SEA-GOING TORPEDO BOATS
Groudier (Coureur Class) (Positively ancient: must be for harbor service. D. Th.)
Orage (Agile Class) (18-knot top speed in 1896)
Chevalier (Patrol duties in Mediterranean)
Averne (Not known)
Aquilon (Filibuster class) (Not known)
Ariel (Not known)
Forban (Not known)
Cyclone (Algiers)
Rafale (Dunkirk)
Boree (Toulon)
Tramontane (Dunkirk)
Bourraque (Bizerta)
Mistral (Brest)
Sirocco (Dunkirk)
Trombe (Not known. In the Channel by 1916)
Audacieux (Brest)
TORPEDO BOATS
No. 133 (130 class) (Not known)
No. 158 (145 class) (Not known)
201 CLASS (Whether this was all that were in commission from 1914 to 1918 is not explicitly stated)
225, 231, 258, 259, 279, 280-- Dunkirk
275, 279-- Not known. Atlantic patrol, 1915 to 1918.
263, 274, 289-- Tunisian patrol
281, 288-- Not known. Brindizi, 1915-1918.
295 CLASS (Again, there might be more)
300, 302, 306, 308, 316, 317, 314, 326, 327, 334, 340-- Channel
301, 307-- Atlantic
305, 314, 318, 320-323, 341-346, 350-351, 365-- Dunkirk
303, 324, 334, 338, 367-- Not known. Bay of Biscay by 1916.
310-- Not known. Mediterranean by 1916
328-330, 333, 355, 356, 361, 362, 366-- Not known. Tunisian patrol by 1916.
309-311, 353, 357, 359-- Not known. Used at the Dardanelles in 1915.
GUNBOATS
Kersaint-- Far East dispatch boat
Suprise-- Cameroons
Decidee-- Indochina
Zelee-- Tahiti
Name: Third French Republic
Capitol: Paris
Area: Western Europe
Population:
Leader: Rene Viviani(1914), Aristide Briand(1915-17),Georges Clemenceau(1917-20)
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Armies: 47 divisions (777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops) in 21 regional corps, with attached cavalry and field-artillery units.
Fleets:La premiere armee navale (1st Naval Army)
Flagship : battleship Amiral Courbet (23,500 t)
1re escadre : 6 Danton class battleships (18,000 t)
2e escadre : 5 Patrie class battleships (15,000 t)
1re division legere : 4 armoured cruisers (13,000 to 14,000 t)
2e division legere : 3 armoured cruisers (13,000 t)
Division de complement : old battleships (12,000 t) : Suffren, Saint-Louis, Gaulois, Bouvet
Division speciale : 2 old battleships, 4 armoured cruisers et 3 light cruisers
6 escadrilles each with 6 super-destroyers
2 escadrilles each with 8 submarines(Medd)
1re division de croiseurs cuirasses (1st Armoured Cruisers division) :
Marseillaise, Amiral Aube, Jeanne de Arc
2e division de croiseurs cuirasses (2nd Armoured Cruisers division):
Gloire, Gueydon, Dupetit-Thouars
croiseur protege (protected cruiser) Lavoisier
3 contre-torpilleurs (super-destroyers)
1re escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (1st Fleet destroyers squadron) :
6 torpilleurs d'escadre (Fleet destroyers)
2e escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (2nd Fleet destroyers squadron):
6 torpilleurs d'escadre
3e escadrille de torpilleurs d'escadre (3rd Fleet destroyers squadron):
6 torpilleurs d'escadre
Groupe de reserve des torpilleurs d'escadre (Reserve group, Fleet destroyers) :
4 torpilleurs d'escadre
1re escadrille de sous-marins (Cherbourg) (1st Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 9 sous-marins
2e escadrille de sous-marins (Calais) (2nd Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 7 sous-marins
3e escadrille de sous-marins (Cherbourg) (3rd Submarine flotilla) :
2 torpilleurs, 5 sous-marins
Defense mobile de Dunkerque (Mobile Defence, Dunkerque) :
2 torpilleurs, 20 petits torpilleurs. (2 destroyers, 20 very small destroyers)
(English Channel)
MINELAYERS: both with 2nd Lt. Squad., Channel
Pluton
Cerber
SUBMARINES
(All four of these were used for local defense at Cherbourg)
Sirene Q 5
Triton Q 6
Espadon Q 13
Silure Q 14
Aigrette Q 38-- Local defense, Cherbourg
Cigogne Q 39-- Not known. Reported in Brindizi in 1916.
Argonaute Q 40-- Not known.
Emeraude Q 41-- Not known.
Opale Q 42-- Not known.
Rubis Q 43-- Not known.
Saphir Q 44-- Not known. Sunk at Dardenelles Jan. 15, 1915.
Topase Q 45-- Not known.
Turquoise Q 46-- Not known. Grounded and captured at Dardenelles Oct. 30, 1915.
Circe Q 47-- Touloun; she sank her sister ship Calypso in a collision there on July 7, 1914.
Pluviose Q 51-- Not known.
Ventuse Q 52 -- Not known.
Germinal Q 53 -- Not known.
Floreal Q 54 -- Not known.
Prairial Q 55 -- Not known.
Messidor Q 56 -- Not known.
Thermidor Q 57 -- Not known.
Fructidor Q 58 -- Not known.
Papin Q 64 -- Not known. Sept. 9, 1915-- torpedoed Austrian torpedo boat.
Fresnel Q 65 -- Not known. July 13, 1915-- defended Pelagosa
Berthelot Q 66 -- Not known.
Monge Q 67 -- Not known. Sunk in the Adriatic, Dec. 29, 1915
Ampere Q 68 -- Not known. Missed Austria-Hungarian DD, July 23, 1915.
Gay-Lussac Q 69 -- Not known.
Watt Q 75 -- Not known.
Cugot Q 76 -- In Mediterranean (Halpern)
Giffard Q 77 -- Not known.
BRUMAIRE CLASS: ALL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Brumaire Q 60
Frimaire Q 62
Nivose Q 63
Foucault Q 70
Euler Q 71
Franklin Q 72
Faraday Q 78
Volta Q 79
Newton Q 80
Montgolfier Q 81
Beruouilli Q 83
Joule Q 84
Coulomb Q 85
Arago Q 86
Curie Q 87
Le Verrier Q 88
Archimede Q 73-- Not known. Dec. 28, 1915: sank transport in Adriatic.
Mariotte Q 74-- Not known. Sunk at Dardenelles
Amiral Bourgois Q 82-- Channel
Cloriade Q 90-- Not known.
Cornelie Q 91 -- Not known.
Gustave Zede Q 92-- Adriatic.
SEA-GOING TORPEDO BOATS
Groudier (Coureur Class) (Positively ancient: must be for harbor service. D. Th.)
Orage (Agile Class) (18-knot top speed in 1896)
Chevalier (Patrol duties in Mediterranean)
Averne (Not known)
Aquilon (Filibuster class) (Not known)
Ariel (Not known)
Forban (Not known)
Cyclone (Algiers)
Rafale (Dunkirk)
Boree (Toulon)
Tramontane (Dunkirk)
Bourraque (Bizerta)
Mistral (Brest)
Sirocco (Dunkirk)
Trombe (Not known. In the Channel by 1916)
Audacieux (Brest)
TORPEDO BOATS
No. 133 (130 class) (Not known)
No. 158 (145 class) (Not known)
201 CLASS (Whether this was all that were in commission from 1914 to 1918 is not explicitly stated)
225, 231, 258, 259, 279, 280-- Dunkirk
275, 279-- Not known. Atlantic patrol, 1915 to 1918.
263, 274, 289-- Tunisian patrol
281, 288-- Not known. Brindizi, 1915-1918.
295 CLASS (Again, there might be more)
300, 302, 306, 308, 316, 317, 314, 326, 327, 334, 340-- Channel
301, 307-- Atlantic
305, 314, 318, 320-323, 341-346, 350-351, 365-- Dunkirk
303, 324, 334, 338, 367-- Not known. Bay of Biscay by 1916.
310-- Not known. Mediterranean by 1916
328-330, 333, 355, 356, 361, 362, 366-- Not known. Tunisian patrol by 1916.
309-311, 353, 357, 359-- Not known. Used at the Dardanelles in 1915.
GUNBOATS
Kersaint-- Far East dispatch boat
Suprise-- Cameroons
Decidee-- Indochina
Zelee-- Tahiti