"Conversion of the Edgar Quinet armored cruiser into an" Topic

aircraft carrier

"In the Washington Treaty, France granted a limit of 80,000 tons of displacement on aircraft carriers, which it only benefited to a limited extent, rebuilding the single incomplete battleship Bearn, which was converted to 22,146 tons of standard displacement. So there is still a lot of tonnage left to use, hence the idea for further reconstructions based on the large armored cruisers Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. As aircraft carriers with a length of the order of 160 m, they will qualify for medium, if not small units of this class at most. The reconstruction involves the liquidation of all structures rising above the weather deck and their replacement with a spacious superstructure concealing the main operating hangar, 98 m long. A place for a second hangar for repair and workshop purposes, 80 m long, thanks to the replacement of the modern turbine drive, below, inside the hull. The ships have preserved casemates in the hull, in which the old 194 mm guns were replaced with new ones, caliber 155 mm. In addition, one gun of this caliber was seated in the position with the bonnet in the bow. In the role of AA artillery there are 8 75 mm guns. The ships visually strongly resemble Bearn, which is influenced by the sloping ends of the flight deck in the fore and aft parts, the characteristic (though slightly reduced) superstructure with a massive funnel and artillery located in casemates…."
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Given the fact that the Quinet had a narrower beam than the Bearn (21.5 v. 25 Meters) and already had top weight problems, this looks like a questionable project.

Agree… but an interesting one…

Armand