Dupuy de Lôme (1887)

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Armored cruiser Dupuy de Lôme, launched in 1887.
Armored cruiser Dupuy de Lôme, launched in 1887.

Dupuy de Lôme was an armored cruiser of the French Navy, launched in Brest in 1887, and commissioned in 1890. She was named after the naval architect Dupuy de Lôme.

She was capable of 23 kts, and designed to raid on enemy commerce ships during extended forays afloat, following the "Jeune Ecole" doctrine.

She was stricken after 20 years in the Navy, and sold to Peru as Commandant Elias Aguirre. She was never delivered however, and was re-commisionned in 1914 under her original name.

She was scrapped in 1918.

Displacement: 6,400 tonnes. Engine: 14,000 Hp

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