| Gloire-class cruiser | |
|---|---|
 Gloire in 1913 | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Gloire |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Gueydon class |
| Succeeded by: | Leon Gambetta class |
| In commission: | 1904–1933 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9,856 tonnes (9,700 long tons) |
| Length: | 140 m (459 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 20 m (65 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power: | 21,800 shp (16,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engines, 28 boilers |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 615 men |
| Armament: |
• 2 × 194 mm (7.6 in)/40-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts • 8 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts • 6 × 100 mm (4 in) guns • 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Belt : 150 mm (6 in) Deck : 40 mm (2 in) Turrets : 170 mm (7 in) |
The Gloire ("Glory") class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.
Description and history
They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163 mm guns.
Ships
- Gloire, launched 27 June 1900. Decommissioned in 1922 and subsequently broken up.[1]
- Marseillaise, launched 14 July 1900. Decommissioned in 1929 and subsequently broken up.[1]
- Sully, launched June 1901. Wrecked in Halong Bay, Tonkin, French Indochina, 30 September 1905.[1]
- Condé, launched 12 March 1902. Decommissioned in 1933 and used as a target.[1]
- Amiral Aube, launched 9 May 1902. Decommissioned in 1922 and subsequently broken up.[1]
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1912
References
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