Patrie was laid down at the La Seyne shipyard on 1 April 1902, launched on 17 December 1903, and completed in December 1906,[REF] at the same time as the revolutionary British battleship , which rendered the pre-dreadnoughts like Patrie outdated [REF].
Patries main battery consisted of four Canon de 305 mm Modèle 1893/96 guns mounted in two twin gun turrets, one forward and one aft.