| 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
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