Gloire class cruiser


Gloire in 1913
Class overview
Name: Gloire
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Gueydon class
Succeeded by: Leon Gambetta class
In commission: 1904–1933
Completed: 5
Lost: 1
Retired: 4
General characteristics
Type: Armoured cruiser
Displacement: 9,856 tonnes (9,700 long tons)
Length: 140 m (459 ft 4 in)
Beam: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught: 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Installed power: 21,800 shp (16,300 kW)
Propulsion: Steam engines, 28 boilers
Speed: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Complement: 615 men
Armament: • 2 × 194 mm (7.6 in)/40-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts
• 8 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts
• 6 × 100 mm (4 in) guns
• 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armour: Belt : 150 mm (6 in)
Deck : 40 mm (2 in)
Turrets : 170 mm (7 in)

The Gloire ("Glory") class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.

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Description and history

They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163 mm guns.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Gloire Class". worldnavalships.com. http://www.worldnavalships.com/gloire_class.htm. Retrieved 12 June 2010. 

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