French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jurien de la Gravière |
| Namesake: | Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière and Edmond Jurien de la Gravière |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1897 |
| Launched: | 26 June 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 1903 |
| Out of service: | 27 July 1921 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tonnes (5,512 long tons) |
| Length: | 137 m (449 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power: | 8,800 shp (6,562 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 3 steam engines, 24 boilers |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement: | 510 |
| Armament: | 8 × 1893 Model 164 mm (6.5 in) guns 10 × 47 mm guns 6 × 37 mm guns 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
The Jurien de la Gravière was the last protected cruiser built for the French Navy, named in honour of Edmond Jurien de la Gravière and his father, Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière.
After her commission, she served in the Far East.[1]
She served in the Mediterranean during the First World War, patrolling the Strait of Otranto, repressing insurrections in Crete, and bombarding Turkey. She took part in the blockade of Greece after the Noemvriana events.
In 1920, she occupied the station of Syria, before being replaced by Cassard.
She was eventually sold for scrap in 1922.
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
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References
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 May 1902. (36764), p. 8.