French cruiser Jules Ferry
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jules Ferry |
| Namesake: | Jules Ferry, French statesman |
| Builder: | Cherbourg |
| Laid down: | August 1901 |
| Launched: | August 1903 |
| In service: | September 1905 |
| Out of service: | 19 January 1927 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1928 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Léon Gambetta-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 12,379 tonnes (12,183 long tons) |
| Length: | 146.45 m (480 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 21.41 m (70 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 8.05–8.41 m (26 ft 5 in–27 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 28 Guyot du Temple boilers, 28,500 ihp (21,252 kW) |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,065 tonnes of coal |
| Complement: | 728 |
| Armament: | 4 × 193 mm (7.6 in)/40 M1896 guns in twin turrets 16 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1887 guns in six twin turrets and four single casemates 24 × 3-pounder guns in single mountings 2 × 1-pounder guns 2 × 18 in (460 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 2.8–6 in (71–152 mm) Krupp armour Main turrets: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour Turret bases: 4–7.2 in (100–180 mm) Secondary turrets: 5.2–6.5 in (130–170 mm) Casemates: 5.5 in (140 mm) C.T.: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour |
The Jules Ferry was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons of the Léon Gambetta class. She served through the First World War and was scrapped in 1927.
Construction
Jules Ferry was laid down at Cherbourg in August 1901, and was launched in August 1903. She was completed in September 1905.[1]
History
After her commissioning, she was appointed to the 2nd light cruiser division in the Mediterranean. She was struck in 1927, and sold for scrap the next year.
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Armoured cruiser Jules-Ferry
References
- Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M Kolesnik. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0 85177 133 5.
- 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
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