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French cruiser Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
Career (France) Civil and Naval Ensign of France
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[]

Cruiser Ernest Renan diagrams Brasseys 1923

Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1923

See also[]

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.

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