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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D`Entrecasteaux			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	9.1894	12.6.1896	1899	stricken 10.1922

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	7995
Displacement full, t	8142
Length, m	117.0 pp 120.0 oa
Breadth, m	17.8
Draught, m	7.50 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 5 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	14500
Max speed, kts	19.2
Fuel, t	coal 980 + oil 203
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey Nickel steel; turrets: 250, casemates: 55, shields: 55, deck: 55 with 100mm slopes, medium deck: 20, CT: 250
Armament	2 x 1 - 240/40 M1893-96, 12 x 1 - 139/30 M1893, 12 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 6 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 6 - 450 TT (2 sub, 4 aw, 4 beam, 1 bow, 1 stern)
Complement	559

Project history

The original ship with heavy turret artillery and moderate speed, intended for actions in distant areas: the underwater hull was been wood sheathed and is coppered, magazines had refrigeration system. However ship was reported extremely hot, particularly in magazines.

Ship protection

Armour deck had 55mm maximal thickness of flat part and 100mm slopes, there was an additional 20mm deck above.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Since 1917 D`Entrecasteaux was used mainly as personnel transport. Since 1919 served as TS at Brest, later disarmed and in 1923 presented to Belgium as hulk but returned in 1926 when Belgian Navy was reduced. She was sold for scrap in 1927, served as hulk and broken up by Germans in 1942.