her last sea voyage on 15 June 1935. Her condition was poor enough by that time that she was not thought to be worth the expense of a third refit similar to those her sisters received. Jean Bart was hulked and disarmed in Toulon beginning on 15 August for service as an accommodation ship for the naval schools in Toulon. She was renamed Océan on 1 January 1937 to free her name for use by the new then under construction. The ship was captured intact by the Germans on 27 November 1942 when they occupied Vichy France. The Germans used her for experiments in late 1943 with shaped-charge warheads intended to be delivered by Mistel composite aircraft. The warhead was positioned in front of the main-gun turrets, the closest one of which had its armour reinforced by an additional plate. The high-velocity jet formed by the shaped charge penetrated through the additional armour, the turret-face armour, the 360-millimetre rear armour and the front and rear of the aft turret, and into the superstructure to a total depth of . She was sunk by Allied aircraft in 1944 and later raised for scrapping, which began on 14 December 1945. Footnotes Bibliography Further reading World War I battleships of France Courbet-class battleships 1911 ships Naval ships of France captured by Germany during World War II Battleships sunk by aircraft