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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Catinat			F C de la Méditerrranée, La Seyne	2/1894	8.10.1896	1/1898	stricken 1.1911
Protet			S C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	3/1896	6.7.1898	2/1899	stricken 1.1910

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Catinat: 4048 Protet: 4001
Displacement full, t
Length, m	98.1 pp 101.0 oa
Breadth, m	13.6
Draught, m	6.43 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 16 Belleville boilers
Power, h. p.	9500
Max speed, kts	Catinat: 19.5 Protet: 20
Fuel, t	coal 560
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 45 - 25 with 60mm slopes, shields: 50, CT: 70
Armament	4 x 1 - 165/45 M1893, 10 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 10 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 350 TT (aw, beam), 50 mines
Complement	400

Project history

Similar to the Descartes class, differing as having the 165mm guns and the second upper deck pair of 100mm mounted further aft. When carried, the mines were stowed in the steering engine compartment with a rail fitted through the captain's cabin for dropping them from a stern port. The stability of Protet was reported as doubtful and ballast had to be added.

Ship protection

The 100mm guns had 50mm shields with 70mm on the CT, and the armour deck was 45mm total on the flat amidships with 60mm slopes. The armour deck was reduced to 25mm at the ends. There was a cellular layer above the armour deck and a light debris deck below over the machinery spaces.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.