879:. Their 45–54.9-kilogram (99–121 lb) shells were fired at muzzle velocities of 900 meters per second (3,000 ft/s) at a rate of three rounds per minute. At their maximum elevation of +15 degrees, the guns had a range of 10,800 meters (11,800 yd). The sisters carried 200 rounds for each gun. The 14–16-kilogram (31–35 lb) shells of the 100 mm guns had muzzle velocities ranging from 710 to 740 meters per second (2,300 to 2,400 ft/s). Each gun was provided with 250 rounds, of which a dozen were stowed in the casemates, which it could fire at a rate of six rounds per minute.
702:
800:
26:
62:
1155:
954:
used 174-millimeter (6.9 in) plates of ordinary steel. The face and sides of the secondary turrets were 92 millimeters (3.6 in) thick and the plates protecting their barbettes were 102 millimeters (4 in) thick. The casemates protecting the 164.7-millimeter guns also had a thickness of
934:
and thinned to 90 millimeters (3.5 in) towards the bow and 80 millimeters (3.1 in) towards the stern. The upper strake of armor was 130 millimeters (5 in) thick amidships and reduced to 80 millimeters at the bow and 70 millimeters (2.8 in) at the stern. Because of manufacturing
385:) during the first decade of the 20th century. Fitted with a mixed armament of 194-millimeter (7.6 in) and 164.7-millimeter (6.5 in) guns, the ships were designed for service with the fleet. After their completion in 1903–1904, the five
898:, all of which were in single mounts. The sisters were also armed with five 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. One pair was submerged and the other was above water, both firing on the broadside, and the last tube was above water in the
967:
plates 25 mm (0.98 in) thick, both on the flat and where it curved downwards to meet the bottom of the belt. The upper armored deck was at the level of the top of the belt and was made from 24 mm (0.94 in) of hardened steel.
1228:
would defend the northern French coast and the French would concentrate their fleet in the
Mediterranean and defend British interests there. The French forces left in the north were consolidated into the 2nd Light Squadron with
628:
to operate with the fleet had come to a consensus that armored cruisers could fulfill all these roles. Five cruisers intended to work with the fleet had been authorized in the 1896 construction program and only three, the
1071:
1253:
was transferred to the
Atlantic Division in the French West Indies where she often cruised off the coast of Mexico to protect French citizens and interests during the Mexican Revolution.
693:, the new Naval Minister, approved the new design on 17 September and ordered the first two ships from naval dockyards that same day; the remaining three ships were ordered in 1899.
779:(39 km/h; 24 mph), demonstrating speeds of 21.27–21.88 knots (39.39–40.52 km/h; 24.48–25.18 mph) from 20,110–22,331 PS (14,791–16,424 kW) during their
1340:
to return to the West Indies. The 3rd Light
Division was disbanded in May 1917 and the remaining cruisers in the West Indies were assigned to the Atlantic and Antilles Division (
963:
was 100 mm (3.9 in) thick while the after transverse bulkhead ranged in thickness between 40 and 84 mm (1.6 and 3.3 in). The lower armored deck consisted of
506:
in the
Western Atlantic. Once the defenses of the Channel were completed in 1915, the sisters spent most of the rest of the war patrolling the Atlantic or on
840:
ranging from 770 to 800 meters per second (2,500 to 2,600 ft/s). This gave them a range of about 11,500 meters (12,600 yd) at the turrets' maximum
689:
The 1896 construction program was amended in 1898 to include six more armored cruisers, of which three were intended to be laid down under the 1898 budget.
433:) in 1905–1906. The surviving sisters were generally divided between the Northern and Mediterranean Squadrons until a reorganization in 1910 caused all but
740:
of 7.55 meters (24 ft 9 in). They displaced 9,996 metric tons (9,838 long tons). Their crew numbered 25 officers and 590 enlisted men.
1376:-laden mosquitoes that caused 70 percent of her crew to catch the disease. The division was tasked with escorting convoys bound for Europe from
1889:
1321:
preceded her sisters home in July as she badly needed a refit. The 3rd DL was relieved by the 4th DL two months later and returned to France.
1520:
had longer careers, albeit in subsidiary roles. The former ship served as a gunnery training ship from 1925 until she was stricken in 1929.
1273:
for the ships enforcing the blockade at the western entrance to the
Channel. After the eastern entrance to the Channel was sealed off with
1213:) in 1910 as the Mediterranean Squadron had been redesignated in 1909. At the same time the Northern Squadron had become the 2nd Squadron.
2014:
2716:
1482:
2330:
2316:
1165:
All five of the sisters were initially assigned to the 1st
Cruiser Squadron of the Northern Squadron as they commissioned and
2184:
1839:
1820:
1351:
1216:
The entry into service of more modern cruisers saw the sisters transferred back to the 2nd
Squadron in 1911. Later that year
1411:
1307:
in 1916 caused the Allies to transfer cruisers to the
Atlantic to protect their shipping and formed the 3rd Light Division (
624:, the traditionalists that wanted cruisers to defend the colonies and the modernists who desired armored cruisers and small
2544:
495:
825:
274:
1919:
1882:
1461:
had returned to France by 28 May 1919 when the ship transported 176 mutineers from French colonial infantry units from
1038:
412:
2516:
2081:
744:
229:
2579:
2509:
2454:
2302:
1858:
1769:
1377:
1101:
637:
2558:
2600:
2495:
2253:
424:
2523:
2163:
2706:
2655:
2350:
2007:
1813:
Naval
Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations: An Illustrated Directory
1401:
2212:
2109:
1965:
860:
856:
288:
281:
90:
2565:
2447:
2309:
2219:
1875:
1392:
was deployed to
Murmansk in March to support Allied forces when they intervened in the Russian Civil War and
2323:
2607:
2170:
2095:
1912:
1008:
454:
30:
1396:
returned home that same month. During her absence the division was renamed the Atlantic Division in June.
1173:, however, was soon transferred to the Far East where she was wrecked on an uncharted rock in early 1905.
2226:
2530:
2116:
1437:
remained with the division until mid-1920 and was subsequently reduced to reserve after returning home.
2635:
2586:
2468:
2384:
2233:
2143:
2073:
2054:
1940:
1094:
434:
2551:
2419:
2405:
2391:
2102:
2047:
2000:
993:
706:
527:
2377:
2711:
2621:
2572:
2537:
2502:
2433:
2426:
2398:
2370:
2295:
2088:
2040:
872:
2614:
2593:
2288:
2123:
1981:
1554:
was captured by the Germans in June 1940 who used her as a submarine depot ship. She was sunk by
1385:
1933:
1124:
950:
The main-gun turrets were protected by 161 millimeters (6.3 in) of Harvey armor, but their
418:
2628:
2440:
2177:
1555:
1448:
891:
841:
295:
701:
2475:
2412:
2198:
2191:
2061:
1956:
630:
557:
515:
487:
77:
1779:
Dai, Wei (September 2020). "A Discussion on French Armored Cruiser Identification: From the
1758:
922:
class were the first French armored cruisers to have their waterline armored belt made from
661:
2281:
2274:
2267:
2260:
1992:
1926:
1064:
960:
845:
597:
439:
to be concentrated in the Mediterranean. The following year another reorganization reduced
400:
341:
8:
2461:
1301:
in the West Indies before the end of 1915. The successes of German merchant raiders like
944:
683:
411:) shortly afterwards and was wrecked when she struck an uncharted rock in February 1905.
940:
906:. The ships carried sixteen torpedoes for them. They could also carry between 10 and 14
2135:
1550:); she was stricken from the naval register on 15 February 1933, but continued in use.
1447:) on 18 December 1918 and remained there until she was relieved by the armored cruiser
1365:
1274:
1015:
998:
852:
476:
472:
1302:
690:
2245:
1854:
1835:
1816:
1796:
1765:
876:
868:
760:
752:
211:
205:
791:(12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
2647:
1535:
1286:
1075:
1045:
822:
772:
621:
593:
799:
522:-controlled territory, but returned to France in early 1916. The ship was sent to
2155:
1808:
837:
787:
s carried up to 1,660 long tons (1,690 t) of coal and could steam for 6,500
748:
733:
503:
491:
372:
148:
1433:
were still assigned to the Atlantic Division when the war ended on 11 November.
1563:
1470:
1270:
833:
729:
657:
573:
553:
519:
486:
began in August 1914, the three ships in French waters were assigned to defend
930:, the lower of which had a maximum thickness of 150 millimeters (5.9 in)
615:
548:) on after the war's end in November 1918 and remained there until late 1919.
530:. Returning home in October, she joined her sisters in the Atlantic Division (
2700:
2342:
1800:
1462:
1290:
1221:
1030:
956:
895:
788:
625:
589:
577:
460:
444:
353:
302:
252:
936:
923:
883:
814:
737:
725:
721:
647:
308:
1477:
in the Arctic on 25 June and covered the withdrawal of French troops from
25:
2029:
1478:
903:
864:
776:
601:
483:
386:
376:
347:
240:
67:
1867:
2032:
1466:
1225:
1154:
964:
907:
829:
329:
322:
255:(12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
1636:
Friedman, pp. 221, 226–227; Jordan & Caresse, pp. 85, 107, 123–124
2487:
2362:
1381:
1278:
988:
931:
780:
718:
1224:
of 1911, the French and British governments agreed in 1912 that the
1559:
1509:
were stricken on 7 July 1922 and were subsequently sold for scrap.
951:
756:
679:
523:
396:
335:
215:
163:
1400:
was recalled in August after her replacement, the armored cruiser
1541:
1373:
1285:
was transferred to the Mediterranean where she patrolled off the
1181:
were transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron's Light Squadron (
584:
served as a training ship in 1925–1929 and was scrapped in 1933.
1195:
remained with the Northern Squadron for the rest of the decade.
1493:
had rejoined the Atlantic Division by March 1920. By this date
1105:
927:
507:
939:. Behind the belt was a highly subdivided watertight internal
836:. The guns fired 75–90.3-kilogram (165–199 lb) shells at
1361:
899:
675:
159:
2022:
1742:
Jordan & Caresse, pp. 250, 257; Silverstone, pp. 94, 105
1544:
in 1922. In 1928 the ship hosted the Naval Infantry School (
863:
guns. Half of the 164.7 mm guns were in two single-gun
447:
and her sisters were transferred to the 2nd Light Squadron (
1328:
and other commerce raiders at the beginning of 1917 caused
728:. The ships measured 139.78 meters (458 ft 7 in)
1281:
in 1915, the armored cruisers were no longer required and
1249:
was reactivated to replace her. Early the following year,
717:-class ships was invested in increasing the height of the
620:(Young School) that wanted fast, lightly armed ships for
510:
escort duties based in either France or the West Indies.
175:
1756:
Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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were 174 millimeters thick. The forward transverse
848:
which it could fire at a rate of two rounds per minute.
670:), to begin design work on an enlarged successor to the
552:
supported Allied forces in North Russia in mid-1919 and
475:
in early 1914 where she could monitor events during the
1313:(DL)) from the four surviving sisters in mid-1916 with
871:
and all of the remaining guns were on single mounts in
1528:
on 15 February 1932 and scrapped the following year.
1265:
was tasked to search for German commerce raiders and
564:-class ships began to be reduced to reserve in 1920;
1618:
Friedman, p. 218; Jordan & Caresse, pp. 104, 116
1360:
became the flagship of the division. While visiting
1241:
assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron. In late 1913,
1757:
518:in late 1915 where she patrolled off the coast of
389:were initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (
1760:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
1724:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 242, 245, 248, 250, 257
1688:Jordan & Caresse, p. 257; Silverstone, p. 105
935:limitations, the end plates of both strakes were
861:Canon de 100 mm (3.9 in) Modèle de 1893
2698:
1755:
955:102 millimeters. The face and sides of the
612:By mid-1897 the three factions of the navy, the
1582:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 115–116; Ropp, p. 288
1532:became a barracks ship for the naval infantry (
844:of +15 degrees. Each gun was provided with 100
1457:was reassigned to the division in early 1919.
1143:Sunk by Allied aircraft, 1944; scrapped, 1954
751:. The engines were rated at a total of 20,500
713:Most of the additional weight allotted to the
453:), as the Northern Squadron had been renamed.
16:French Navy's Gloire-class of armored cruisers
2008:
1883:
1830:Jordan, John & Caresse, Philippe (2019).
1829:
1481:and the subsequent evacuation of Murmansk by
705:Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in
528:when they intervened in the Russian Civil War
405:was transferred to the Far Eastern Squadron (
1545:
1533:
1442:
1341:
1308:
1208:
1182:
857:164.7 mm (6.5 in) Modèle 1893–1896
736:of 20.2 meters (66 ft 3 in) and a
667:Directeur centrale des constructions navales
665:
651:
641:
636:, would be ordered in 1897. Later that year
613:
543:
536:), based in the West Indies, in early 1919.
531:
448:
428:
406:
390:
380:
1848:
1380:, beginning on 15 February 1918. After the
604:; she was sunk by Allied aircraft in 1944.
592:in 1925 and was seized by the Germans when
2015:
2001:
1890:
1876:
826:194 mm (7.6 in) Modèle 1893–1896
1897:
1566:ten years later and broken up for scrap.
696:
2023:French naval ship classes of World War I
1807:
1764:. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press.
1414:before departing the Arctic in October.
1343:Division de l'Atlantique et des Antilles
1153:
798:
700:
1715:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 236, 240, 242
1697:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 131, 133, 210
1261:When World War I began in August 1914,
1187:) in 1905 and 1906, respectively while
902:. All of the above-water tubes were on
890:-class ships were fitted with eighteen
745:vertical triple-expansion steam engines
526:in early 1918 to support Allied forces
350:: 24 or 25 mm (0.9 or 1.0 in)
174:139.78 m (458 ft 7 in) (
2699:
1851:Directory of the World's Capital Ships
1663:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 124, 128–130
1609:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 123, 130–131
1072:Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
664:, the Director of Naval Construction (
1996:
1871:
1834:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
1675:
1673:
1671:
1669:
1441:was assigned to the Baltic Division (
1417:
1406:, was torpedoed and sunk. That month
1269:joined her sisters providing distant
894:and four 37-millimeter (1.5 in)
542:was assigned to the Baltic Division (
926:plates. The belt was arrayed in two
1982:List of cruisers of the French Navy
1778:
13:
1832:French Armoured Cruisers 1887–1932
1733:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 250, 257
1706:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 133, 211
1666:
1591:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 115, 118
775:. They had a designed speed of 21
576:in 1922 and subsequently sold for
344:: 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in)
325:: 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in)
186:20.2 m (66 ft 3 in)
14:
2728:
1654:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 127–128
1645:Jordan & Caresse, pp. 125–126
1621:
1501:had been placed in reserve. Both
1378:Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
1220:was placed in reserve. After the
1102:Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
1169:became the squadron's flagship.
467:was reactivated to replace her.
60:
24:
2717:Ship classes of the French Navy
1749:
1736:
1727:
1718:
1709:
1700:
1691:
1682:
1657:
1627:Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 305
771:, which had an equal number of
502:was tasked to hunt down German
307:5 Ă— 450 mm (17.7 in)
1853:. New York: Hippocrene Books.
1648:
1639:
1630:
1612:
1603:
1594:
1585:
1576:
1256:
759:), using steam provided by 28
230:triple-expansion steam engines
1:
1849:Silverstone, Paul H. (1984).
1569:
1388:with the Germans on 3 March,
1350:replaced the armored cruiser
761:Belleville water-tube boilers
607:
600:before converting her into a
303:37 mm (1.5 in) guns
1679:Jordan & Caresse, p. 117
1600:Jordan & Caresse, p. 123
560:troops later that year. The
7:
2074:Pre-dreadnought battleships
1483:Allied forces on 12 October
1245:became a training ship and
943:, backed by a longitudinal
892:47-millimeter (1.9 in)
794:
594:they invaded France in 1940
408:Escadre de l'ExtrĂŞme-Orient
356:: 174 mm (6.9 in)
338:: 174 mm (6.9 in)
332:: 161 mm (6.3 in)
282:164.7 mm (6.5 in)
243:(39 km/h; 24 mph)
10:
2733:
1815:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth.
1149:
924:Harvey face-hardened armor
430:Escadre de la Méditerranée
194:7.55 m (24.8 ft)
2666:
2646:
2486:
2361:
2341:
2244:
2154:
2134:
2072:
2028:
1977:
1951:
1908:
1412:occupation of Arkhangelsk
1293:coasts until early 1916.
1123:
1093:
1089:Wrecked, 8 February 1905
1063:
1037:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
984:
981:
289:100 mm (3.9 in)
275:194 mm (7.6 in)
139:
40:
23:
971:
913:
533:Division de l'Atlantique
423:were transferred to the
296:47 mm (1.9 in)
2679:Completed after the war
1444:Division de la Baltique
1386:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
828:guns mounted in single-
821:class consisted of two
572:were stricken from the
545:Division de la Baltique
471:was transferred to the
140:General characteristics
1546:
1534:
1443:
1342:
1309:
1209:
1183:
1162:
810:
724:and adding three more
710:
707:Brassey's Naval Annual
697:Design and description
666:
652:
642:
614:
544:
532:
449:
429:
425:Mediterranean Squadron
407:
391:
381:
2707:Gloire-class cruisers
2332:Jurien de la Gravière
1789:Warship International
1410:supported the Allied
1372:became infested with
1207:in the 1st Squadron (
1157:
1119:Sold for scrap, 1924
809:s aft main-gun turret
802:
704:
643:Ministre de la Marine
596:. They used her as a
588:was converted into a
516:Eastern Mediterranean
2673:Single ship of class
1558:aircraft in 1944 in
882:For defense against
832:fore and aft of the
743:The ships had three
674:s with an extra 500
598:submarine depot ship
395:), often serving as
2136:Coast defense ships
1547:École des fusiliers
1275:anti-submarine nets
1131:Arsenal de Lorient
978:
945:watertight bulkhead
855:comprised eight QF
747:, each driving one
496:blockade of Germany
2246:Protected cruisers
1453:in November 1919.
1418:Postwar activities
1366:French West Africa
1163:
1016:Arsenal de Lorient
977:Construction data
976:
853:secondary armament
811:
711:
662:Louis-Émile Bertin
556:the evacuation of
477:Mexican Revolution
473:French West Indies
371:consisted of five
206:water-tube boilers
2692:
2691:
2648:Seaplane carriers
2156:Armoured cruisers
1990:
1989:
1841:978-1-5267-4118-9
1822:978-1-84832-100-7
1317:as the flagship.
1310:3 Division légère
1147:
1146:
1020:5 September 1899
838:muzzle velocities
823:quick-firing (QF)
773:Niclausse boilers
753:metric horsepower
362:
361:
87:Succeeded by
2724:
2456:Enseigne Gabolde
2352:La Motte-Picquet
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2010:
2003:
1994:
1993:
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1598:
1592:
1589:
1583:
1580:
1562:; her wreck was
1549:
1539:
1536:Fusiliers Marins
1446:
1368:, in September,
1356:in November and
1345:
1312:
1212:
1186:
1134:29 January 1901
1076:La Seyne-sur-Mer
1050:10 January 1900
1046:Arsenal de Brest
979:
975:
859:guns and six QF
808:
669:
655:
645:
622:commerce raiding
619:
547:
535:
514:was sent to the
504:commerce raiders
494:and enforce the
490:shipping in the
452:
450:2 Escadre légère
432:
410:
394:
384:
382:Marine Nationale
373:armored cruisers
66:
64:
63:
28:
21:
20:
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2712:Cruiser classes
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2662:
2642:
2560:Amiral Bourgois
2482:
2357:
2337:
2304:D'Entrecasteaux
2240:
2150:
2130:
2068:
2024:
2021:
1991:
1986:
1973:
1947:
1904:
1902:-class cruisers
1896:
1861:
1842:
1823:
1772:
1752:
1747:
1746:
1741:
1737:
1732:
1728:
1723:
1719:
1714:
1710:
1705:
1701:
1696:
1692:
1687:
1683:
1678:
1667:
1662:
1658:
1653:
1649:
1644:
1640:
1635:
1631:
1626:
1622:
1617:
1613:
1608:
1604:
1599:
1595:
1590:
1586:
1581:
1577:
1572:
1526:Marseillaise II
1473:. She relieved
1420:
1403:Dupetit-Thouars
1324:New cruises by
1259:
1152:
1140:12 August 1904
1059:Scrapped, 1933
974:
916:
806:
797:
749:propeller shaft
699:
691:Édouard Lockroy
610:
492:English Channel
392:Escadre du Nord
199:Installed power
149:Armored cruiser
61:
59:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2730:
2720:
2719:
2714:
2709:
2690:
2689:
2687:
2686:
2683:
2680:
2677:
2674:
2671:
2667:
2664:
2663:
2661:
2660:
2652:
2650:
2644:
2643:
2641:
2640:
2633:
2626:
2619:
2612:
2605:
2598:
2591:
2584:
2577:
2570:
2563:
2556:
2549:
2542:
2535:
2528:
2521:
2514:
2507:
2500:
2492:
2490:
2484:
2483:
2481:
2480:
2473:
2466:
2459:
2452:
2445:
2438:
2431:
2424:
2417:
2410:
2403:
2396:
2389:
2382:
2375:
2367:
2365:
2359:
2358:
2356:
2355:
2347:
2345:
2343:Light cruisers
2339:
2338:
2336:
2335:
2328:
2321:
2318:Châteaurenault
2314:
2307:
2300:
2293:
2286:
2279:
2272:
2265:
2258:
2255:Amiral CĂ©cille
2250:
2248:
2242:
2241:
2239:
2238:
2231:
2224:
2221:Jules Michelet
2217:
2210:
2203:
2196:
2189:
2182:
2175:
2172:Amiral Charner
2168:
2160:
2158:
2152:
2151:
2149:
2148:
2140:
2138:
2132:
2131:
2129:
2128:
2121:
2114:
2107:
2100:
2093:
2086:
2078:
2076:
2070:
2069:
2067:
2066:
2059:
2052:
2045:
2037:
2035:
2026:
2025:
2020:
2019:
2012:
2005:
1997:
1988:
1987:
1985:
1984:
1978:
1975:
1974:
1972:
1971:
1962:
1952:
1949:
1948:
1946:
1945:
1938:
1931:
1924:
1917:
1909:
1906:
1905:
1895:
1894:
1887:
1880:
1872:
1866:
1865:
1859:
1846:
1840:
1827:
1821:
1805:
1795:(3): 199–221.
1776:
1770:
1751:
1748:
1745:
1744:
1735:
1726:
1717:
1708:
1699:
1690:
1681:
1665:
1656:
1647:
1638:
1629:
1620:
1611:
1602:
1593:
1584:
1574:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1512:Their sisters
1471:French Morocco
1419:
1416:
1258:
1255:
1184:Escadre légère
1158:A postcard of
1151:
1148:
1145:
1144:
1141:
1138:
1137:12 March 1902
1135:
1132:
1129:
1121:
1120:
1117:
1114:
1111:
1110:February 1901
1108:
1099:
1091:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1081:
1078:
1069:
1061:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1051:
1048:
1043:
1035:
1034:
1027:
1026:28 April 1904
1024:
1021:
1018:
1013:
1005:
1004:
1001:
996:
991:
986:
983:
973:
970:
915:
912:
896:Hotchkiss guns
834:superstructure
796:
793:
789:nautical miles
698:
695:
658:Armand Besnard
626:scout cruisers
609:
606:
574:naval register
375:built for the
360:
359:
358:
357:
351:
345:
339:
333:
326:
318:
314:
313:
312:
311:
305:
299:
292:
285:
278:
269:
265:
264:
261:
257:
256:
253:nautical miles
249:
245:
244:
237:
233:
232:
226:
222:
221:
220:
219:
208:
200:
196:
195:
192:
188:
187:
184:
180:
179:
172:
168:
167:
156:
152:
151:
146:
142:
141:
137:
136:
133:
129:
128:
125:
121:
120:
117:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
88:
84:
83:
75:
71:
70:
57:
53:
52:
47:
43:
42:
41:Class overview
38:
37:
29:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2729:
2718:
2715:
2713:
2710:
2708:
2705:
2704:
2702:
2695:
2684:
2681:
2678:
2675:
2672:
2669:
2668:
2665:
2659:
2658:
2654:
2653:
2651:
2649:
2645:
2639:
2638:
2634:
2632:
2631:
2627:
2625:
2624:
2620:
2618:
2617:
2613:
2611:
2610:
2606:
2604:
2603:
2602:Dupuy de LĂ´me
2599:
2597:
2596:
2592:
2590:
2589:
2585:
2583:
2582:
2578:
2576:
2575:
2571:
2569:
2568:
2564:
2562:
2561:
2557:
2555:
2554:
2550:
2548:
2547:
2543:
2541:
2540:
2536:
2534:
2533:
2529:
2527:
2526:
2522:
2520:
2519:
2515:
2513:
2512:
2508:
2506:
2505:
2501:
2499:
2498:
2494:
2493:
2491:
2489:
2485:
2479:
2478:
2474:
2472:
2471:
2467:
2465:
2464:
2460:
2458:
2457:
2453:
2451:
2450:
2449:Enseigne Roux
2446:
2444:
2443:
2439:
2437:
2436:
2432:
2430:
2429:
2425:
2423:
2422:
2418:
2416:
2415:
2411:
2409:
2408:
2404:
2402:
2401:
2397:
2395:
2394:
2390:
2388:
2387:
2383:
2381:
2380:
2376:
2374:
2373:
2369:
2368:
2366:
2364:
2360:
2354:
2353:
2349:
2348:
2346:
2344:
2340:
2334:
2333:
2329:
2327:
2326:
2322:
2320:
2319:
2315:
2313:
2312:
2308:
2306:
2305:
2301:
2299:
2298:
2294:
2292:
2291:
2287:
2285:
2284:
2280:
2278:
2277:
2273:
2271:
2270:
2266:
2264:
2263:
2259:
2257:
2256:
2252:
2251:
2249:
2247:
2243:
2237:
2236:
2232:
2230:
2229:
2225:
2223:
2222:
2218:
2216:
2215:
2214:LĂ©on Gambetta
2211:
2209:
2208:
2204:
2202:
2201:
2197:
2195:
2194:
2190:
2188:
2187:
2183:
2181:
2180:
2176:
2174:
2173:
2169:
2167:
2166:
2165:Dupuy de LĂ´me
2162:
2161:
2159:
2157:
2153:
2147:
2146:
2142:
2141:
2139:
2137:
2133:
2127:
2126:
2122:
2120:
2119:
2115:
2113:
2112:
2108:
2106:
2105:
2101:
2099:
2098:
2094:
2092:
2091:
2087:
2085:
2084:
2083:Jauréguiberry
2080:
2079:
2077:
2075:
2071:
2065:
2064:
2060:
2058:
2057:
2053:
2051:
2050:
2046:
2044:
2043:
2039:
2038:
2036:
2034:
2031:
2027:
2018:
2013:
2011:
2006:
2004:
1999:
1998:
1995:
1983:
1980:
1979:
1976:
1970:
1968:
1967:LĂ©on Gambetta
1964:Followed by:
1963:
1961:
1959:
1955:Preceded by:
1954:
1953:
1950:
1944:
1943:
1939:
1937:
1936:
1932:
1930:
1929:
1925:
1923:
1922:
1918:
1916:
1915:
1911:
1910:
1907:
1903:
1901:
1893:
1888:
1886:
1881:
1879:
1874:
1873:
1870:
1862:
1860:0-88254-979-0
1856:
1852:
1847:
1843:
1837:
1833:
1828:
1824:
1818:
1814:
1810:
1806:
1802:
1798:
1794:
1790:
1786:
1783:Class to the
1782:
1777:
1773:
1771:0-8317-0302-4
1767:
1762:
1761:
1754:
1753:
1739:
1730:
1721:
1712:
1703:
1694:
1685:
1676:
1674:
1672:
1670:
1660:
1651:
1642:
1633:
1624:
1615:
1606:
1597:
1588:
1579:
1575:
1567:
1565:
1561:
1557:
1553:
1548:
1543:
1538:
1537:
1531:
1527:
1523:
1519:
1515:
1510:
1508:
1504:
1500:
1496:
1492:
1488:
1484:
1480:
1476:
1472:
1468:
1464:
1460:
1456:
1452:
1451:
1445:
1440:
1436:
1432:
1428:
1424:
1415:
1413:
1409:
1405:
1404:
1399:
1395:
1391:
1387:
1383:
1379:
1375:
1371:
1367:
1363:
1359:
1355:
1354:
1349:
1346:) on 1 June.
1344:
1339:
1335:
1331:
1327:
1322:
1320:
1316:
1311:
1306:
1305:
1300:
1296:
1292:
1288:
1284:
1280:
1276:
1272:
1268:
1264:
1254:
1252:
1248:
1244:
1240:
1236:
1232:
1227:
1223:
1222:Agadir Crisis
1219:
1214:
1211:
1206:
1202:
1198:
1194:
1190:
1185:
1180:
1176:
1172:
1168:
1161:
1156:
1142:
1139:
1136:
1133:
1130:
1128:
1127:
1122:
1118:
1116:1 April 1904
1115:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1103:
1100:
1098:
1097:
1092:
1088:
1086:January 1904
1085:
1082:
1079:
1077:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1067:
1062:
1058:
1056:October 1903
1055:
1053:14 July 1900
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1041:
1036:
1032:
1028:
1025:
1023:27 June 1900
1022:
1019:
1017:
1014:
1012:
1011:
1006:
1000:
995:
990:
980:
969:
966:
962:
958:
957:conning tower
953:
948:
946:
942:
938:
933:
929:
925:
921:
911:
909:
905:
901:
897:
893:
889:
885:
884:torpedo boats
880:
878:
874:
870:
866:
862:
858:
854:
849:
847:
843:
839:
835:
831:
827:
824:
820:
816:
805:
801:
792:
790:
786:
782:
778:
774:
770:
766:
763:, except for
762:
758:
755:(15,100
754:
750:
746:
741:
739:
735:
731:
727:
726:torpedo tubes
723:
720:
716:
708:
703:
694:
692:
687:
685:
681:
677:
673:
668:
663:
659:
654:
649:
644:
639:
638:Navy Minister
635:
633:
627:
623:
618:
617:
605:
603:
599:
595:
591:
590:barracks ship
587:
583:
579:
575:
571:
567:
563:
559:
555:
551:
546:
541:
537:
534:
529:
525:
521:
517:
513:
509:
505:
501:
497:
493:
489:
485:
480:
478:
474:
470:
466:
462:
461:training ship
458:
457:
451:
446:
442:
438:
437:
431:
426:
422:
421:
416:
415:
409:
404:
403:
398:
393:
388:
383:
378:
374:
370:
368:
355:
354:Conning tower
352:
349:
346:
343:
340:
337:
334:
331:
327:
324:
321:
320:
319:
316:
315:
310:
309:torpedo tubes
306:
304:
300:
297:
293:
290:
286:
283:
279:
276:
272:
271:
270:
267:
266:
262:
259:
258:
254:
250:
247:
246:
242:
238:
235:
234:
231:
227:
224:
223:
217:
214:(15,100
213:
209:
207:
203:
202:
201:
198:
197:
193:
190:
189:
185:
182:
181:
177:
173:
170:
169:
165:
161:
157:
154:
153:
150:
147:
144:
143:
138:
134:
131:
130:
126:
123:
122:
118:
115:
114:
110:
108:In commission
107:
106:
102:
99:
98:
95:
93:
92:LĂ©on Gambetta
89:
86:
85:
82:
80:
76:
73:
72:
69:
58:
55:
54:
51:
48:
45:
44:
39:
34:
33:
27:
22:
19:
2694:
2656:
2636:
2629:
2622:
2615:
2608:
2601:
2594:
2587:
2581:Gustave Zédé
2580:
2573:
2567:Charles Brun
2566:
2559:
2552:
2545:
2538:
2531:
2524:
2517:
2510:
2503:
2496:
2476:
2469:
2462:
2455:
2448:
2441:
2434:
2427:
2420:
2413:
2406:
2399:
2392:
2385:
2378:
2371:
2351:
2331:
2324:
2317:
2310:
2303:
2296:
2289:
2282:
2275:
2268:
2261:
2254:
2235:Edgar Quinet
2234:
2228:Ernest Renan
2227:
2220:
2213:
2206:
2205:
2199:
2192:
2186:Jeanne d'Arc
2185:
2178:
2171:
2164:
2144:
2124:
2117:
2110:
2103:
2096:
2089:
2082:
2062:
2055:
2048:
2041:
1966:
1957:
1941:
1934:
1927:
1921:Marseillaise
1920:
1913:
1899:
1898:
1850:
1831:
1812:
1792:
1788:
1785:Edgar Quinet
1784:
1780:
1759:
1750:Bibliography
1738:
1729:
1720:
1711:
1702:
1693:
1684:
1659:
1650:
1641:
1632:
1623:
1614:
1605:
1596:
1587:
1578:
1551:
1529:
1525:
1524:was renamed
1522:Marseillaise
1521:
1517:
1514:Marseillaise
1513:
1511:
1506:
1502:
1498:
1494:
1490:
1487:Marseillaise
1486:
1474:
1458:
1454:
1449:
1439:Marseillaise
1438:
1434:
1430:
1427:Marseillaise
1426:
1422:
1421:
1407:
1402:
1397:
1393:
1389:
1370:Marseillaise
1369:
1357:
1353:Jeanne d'Arc
1352:
1347:
1338:Marseillaise
1337:
1333:
1329:
1325:
1323:
1318:
1314:
1303:
1298:
1295:Marseillaise
1294:
1282:
1266:
1262:
1260:
1250:
1246:
1242:
1239:Marseillaise
1238:
1234:
1230:
1217:
1215:
1204:
1201:Marseillaise
1200:
1196:
1192:
1188:
1178:
1175:Marseillaise
1174:
1170:
1166:
1164:
1160:Marseillaise
1159:
1125:
1095:
1083:4 June 1901
1080:24 May 1899
1065:
1040:Marseillaise
1039:
1009:
999:Commissioned
949:
937:nickel steel
919:
917:
904:pivot mounts
887:
881:
865:wing turrets
850:
818:
815:main battery
812:
803:
784:
768:
764:
742:
722:armored belt
714:
712:
688:
684:displacement
671:
648:Vice Admiral
631:
611:
585:
582:Marseillaise
581:
569:
565:
561:
549:
540:Marseillaise
539:
538:
511:
499:
481:
468:
464:
463:in 1913 and
455:
440:
435:
419:
414:Marseillaise
413:
401:
387:sister ships
366:
365:
363:
294:18 Ă— single
228:3 shafts, 3
210:20,500
155:Displacement
91:
78:
49:
31:
18:
2097:Charlemagne
2033:battleships
2030:Dreadnought
1942:Amiral Aube
1503:Amiral Aube
1495:Amiral Aube
1479:Arkhangelsk
1455:Amiral Aube
1408:Amiral Aube
1390:Amiral Aube
1384:signed the
1330:Amiral Aube
1283:Amiral Aube
1257:World War I
1247:Amiral Aube
1218:Amiral Aube
1193:Amiral Aube
1113:9 May 1902
1096:Amiral Aube
908:naval mines
830:gun turrets
804:Amiral Aube
676:metric tons
653:Vice amiral
616:Jeune École
602:target ship
566:Amiral Aube
512:Amiral Aube
484:World War I
465:Amiral Aube
441:Amiral Aube
436:Amiral Aube
377:French Navy
330:gun turrets
301:4 Ă— single
287:6 Ă— single
280:8 Ă— single
273:2 Ă— single
158:9,996
74:Preceded by
68:French Navy
2701:Categories
2588:Amphitrite
2488:Submarines
2470:Aventurier
2386:Pertuisane
2363:Destroyers
2111:RĂ©publique
1570:References
1467:Casablanca
1382:Bolsheviks
1279:minefields
1226:Royal Navy
965:mild steel
781:sea trials
608:Background
260:Complement
225:Propulsion
2685:Cancelled
2546:Archimède
2511:Argonaute
2421:Voltigeur
2407:Branlebas
2393:Arquebuse
2325:D'Estrées
2290:Descartes
2056:Normandie
1801:0043-0374
1291:Levantine
1210:1 Escadre
1029:Sold for
989:Laid down
952:barbettes
941:cofferdam
932:amidships
873:casemates
869:broadside
842:elevation
732:, with a
719:waterline
680:long tons
459:became a
397:flagships
342:Bulkheads
336:Barbettes
164:long tons
116:Completed
111:1904–1933
103:1899–1904
56:Operators
2623:Lagrange
2574:Clorinde
2553:Mariotte
2539:Brumaire
2532:PluviĂ´se
2518:Émeraude
2504:Aigrette
2435:Bouclier
2428:Chasseur
2400:Claymore
2372:Durandal
2145:Henri IV
2049:Bretagne
1811:(2011).
1787:Class".
1564:salvaged
1560:Bordeaux
1287:Egyptian
994:Launched
985:Builder
961:bulkhead
867:on each
795:Armament
660:ordered
524:Murmansk
268:Armament
132:Scrapped
2637:O'Byrne
2616:Joessel
2595:Bellone
2311:Guichen
2297:D'Assas
2200:Dupleix
2193:Gueydon
2179:Pothuau
2118:Liberté
2104:Suffren
2042:Courbet
1958:Dupleix
1781:Gueydon
1542:Lorient
1475:Gueydon
1450:Gueydon
1374:malaria
1297:joined
1199:joined
1150:Service
1033:, 1923
928:strakes
875:in the
817:of the
730:overall
672:Gueydon
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