Edgar Quinet class cruiser
Edgar Quinet in 1911 |
| Class overview |
| Name: |
Amiral Charner |
| Operators: |
French Navy |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Lost: |
1 |
| Retired: |
1 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Edgar Quinet class |
| Type: |
armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: |
13 650 tonnes |
| Length: |
158.2 metres |
| Beam: |
21.5 metres |
| Draught: |
8.3 metres |
| Installed power: |
37 000 shp |
| Speed: |
23 knots |
| Armament: |
14 194 mm guns |
| Armour: |
Belt: 90 - 170 mm Upper deck: 20-34 mm Lower deck: 45-65 mm
Turrets: 150 mm |
The Edgar Quinet class was the last type of armoured cruiser in service in the French Navy.
The Edgar Quinet class stems from improvements over the design of the Ernest Renan.
Ships
Sources and references
- Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, Tome II, 1870-2006, LV Jean-Michel Roche, Imp. Rezotel-Maury Millau, 2005
|
Edgar Quinet-class cruiser
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|