French armoured cruiser Gloire
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Glory |
| Builder: | Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1899 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 1904. |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Brest in 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gloire class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9 856 tonnes |
| Length: | 140 m |
| Beam: | 20 m |
| Draught: | 7.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 8-boiler steam engine, 21 800 HP |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots |
| Complement: | 615 men |
| Armament: |
2 × 194 mm 40-calibre guns Mod 1893 in single mounts |
| Armour: |
Belt 150 mm |
The Gloire was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.
In 1914, the Gloire was used as a school ship. In August, she was transferred to the English Channel light squadron, until April 1915. She was transferred to the Atlantic in 1916, chasing German raiders off Canada.
In may 1918, the Gloire collided with the US steamer City of Athens and had to be repaired in New York harbour.
She was eventually scrapped in Brest in 1922.
[edit] See also
- French ship Gloire for eponymous ships
