La Galissonnière class cruiser

La Galissonnière class light cruiser

Class Overview
Type:	light cruiser
Name:	La Galissonnière
Number of ships:	6
General characteristics
Displacement:	7,600 tons (standard) 9120 tons (full load)
Length:	179 metres (589 feet)
Beam:	17.5 metres (57 feet)
Draught:	5.35 metres (17.5 feet)
Propulsion:	2-shaft geared turbines (Parsons or Rateau-Bretagne) 4 Indret boilers 84,000 shp
Speed:	31 knots
Range:	7,000 Nm at 12 knots 6,800 at 14 knots 5,500 at 18 knots 1,650 at 34 knots
Protection:	main belt: 105 mm end bulkheads: 30 mm sides: 120 mm deck: 38 mm turrets: 100 mm tower: 95 mm
Complement:	540
Armament:	9x152 mm (6 inch)/ 54.3 calibre (3x3) 8x90 mm (3.5 inch) anti-aircraft (4x2) 24x40 millimetre (6x4) 4x550mm (21.7 inch) torpedo tubes (2x2)
Aircraft:	up to 4 GL-832, later 2 Loire 130 flying boats 1 catapult
Ships of the class
La Galissonnière, Montcalm, Georges Leygues, Jean de Vienne, Marseillaise, Gloire

The La Galissonniere class of light cruisers was a class of 6 ships built for France in the 1930s.

The ships were:

After the Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, three of the class (Montcalm, George Leygues and Gloire) passed Gibraltar, without challenge, en route to Dakar and Libreville but re-joined the Allies in 1942. The other three were scuttled at Toulon in November 1942, in response to the attempted German capture of the French Fleet (Operation Lila).