Léon Gambetta in 1913 |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Léon Gambetta |
| Operators: | French Navy |
| In commission: | 1903 - 1928 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 12,400 tonnes (12,204 long tons) |
| Length: | 146.45 m (480 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 21.41 m (70 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 28 Niclausse boilers, 28,500 hp (21,252 kW) |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Complement: | 728 men |
| Armament: | • 4 × 193 mm (7.6 in)/40 M1896 guns in twin turrets • 16 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1887 guns in four single and six twin turrets • 24 × 3-pounder guns in single mountings • 2 × 18 in (460 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 2.8–6 in (71–150 mm) Krupp armour Turrets: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour C.T.: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Léon Gambetta, Jules Ferry, Victor Hugo |
The Léon Gambetta class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1903. They were named after notable French Republican statesmen. The Ministry of the Navy, from 1902 to 1905,Camille Pelletan, by giving these names to the French armoured cruisers, wished to honor Republican statesmen, philosophers or historians, as Waldeck-Rousseau, Jules Michelet, Ernest Renan, or Edgar Quinet, as the officers of the French Navy (so called La Royale) were reputed to have rather Royalist sympathies. Under his authority, and for the same reason, six battleships were given names as République, Patrie, Démocratie, Justice, Liberté, or Vérité.
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