V NORMANDIE Normandie was a French battleship under construction before and during World War I. If completed, she would have been the first ship in the world to carry its main armament in Quadruple-gun turrets. The Normandie-class design was an interesting mix old and new technologies, with radically new turrets (at a time when even Triple-gun turrets were uncommon), coal-firing hybrid engines, and an armor scheme similar to the then-modern Queen Elizabeth-class. Unfortunately, war was declared