French cruiser Tourville

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Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Anne Hilarion de Tourville
Builder: Lorient Navy Yard
Laid down: 4 March 1925
Launched: 24 August 1926
Commissioned: 1 December 1928
Fate: Condemned 8 March 1962
General characteristics
Class and type: Duquesne class cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 tonnes (standard)
12,200 tons (full load)
Length: 191 metres (627 feet) overall
Beam: 19 metres (62 feet)
Draught: 6.32 metres (20.75 feet)
Propulsion: 4-shaft Rateau-Bretagne single-reduction geared turbines, 9 Guyot boilers, 120,000 shp
Speed: 33¾ knots
Range: 4500 @ 15 knots
Complement: 605
Armament: 8 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 guns (4 × 2)
8 75 mm anti-aircraft guns (8 × 1)
8 37 mm anti-aircraft guns (4 × 2)
12 13.2 mm AA (4 × 3)
12 550 mm (21.7 inch) torpedo tubes (4 × 3);
Armour: magazine boxes 30 millimetres;
deck 30 millimetres;
turrets and tower, 30 millimetres
Aircraft carried: 2 GL-812 (superseded by GL-832 then Loire-Nieuport 130, 1 catapult

The Tourville was a French Duquesne class heavy cruiser that served during World War II.