French cruiser Ernest Renan | |
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![]() Ernest Renan | |
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Name: | Ernest Renan |
Namesake: | Ernest Renan |
In service: | 1906 |
Out of service: | 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Armoured cruiser |
Displacement: | 13,730 tonnes (13,513 long tons) |
Length: | 159 m (521 ft 8 in) |
Beam: | 36 m (118 ft 1 in) |
Draught: | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion: | 3 engines, 42 Niclauses boilers, 37,600 hp (28.0 MW) |
Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range: | 6,700 nautical miles (12,410 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement: | 22 officers and 801 sailors (825 later) |
Armament: |
• 4 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns • 12 × 1893 Model 164 mm (6.5 in) guns • 6 × 75 mm (3.0 in) AA guns • 12 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns • 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
Armour: |
Main belt : 90–170 mm (3.5–6.7 in) (between 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) below the waterline to 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) above) Upper deck : 20–34 mm (0.79–1.34 in) Lower deck : 45–65 mm (1.8–2.6 in) Main gun turrets : 150 mm (5.9 in) |
Ernest Renan was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of philosopher Ernest Renan.
Design and history[]

See also[]
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References[]
- Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway's Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
External links[]
- Renan le Cuirassé (French)
- [1] (French)[dead link]
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