JULES MICHELET armoured cruiser (1908)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Jules Michelet			Arsenal de Lorient	1.6.1904	31.8.1905	11.1908	target 1931

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	13105
Displacement full, t
Length, m	146.5
Breadth, m	21.4
Draught, m	8.41 max
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 VTE, 28 Guyot du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	22.5
Fuel, t	coal 2070
Endurance, nm(kts)	6600(10)
Armour, mm	belt: 150 - 70, turrets: 200, turret bases: 180 - 100, secondary turrets: 165 - 130, bases of secondary turrets: 130 - 65, casemates: 140, lower deck: 65 - 45, main deck: 35, CT: 200
Armament	2 x 2 - 194/50 M1902, 12 x 1 - 165/45 M1893-96M, 24 x 1 - 47/50 M1902, 2 - 450 TT (sub, beam)
Complement	770

Project history

Created on the basis of Léon Gambetta, but differed by more powerful machinery and stronger artillery (40-cal 194mm guns were replaced by 50-cal, and 8 165mm guns were placed in single turrets).

Ship protection

Main belt extended from 1.0m below water to 2.5m above and to upper deck in fwd part between stem and foremast, ending by 100mm bulkhead just near the stern. Its thickness was 150mm reducing to 120mm at the upper edge. Thickness of main belt near ship ends was 100mm decreasing to 70mm at raising fore part. Lower deck had 45mm (max) flat part connecting with lower edge of main belt by 65mm slopes. 35mm flat medium deck connected with top of main belt. A space between these decks was divided into many small compartments, filled with coal or stores. Casemates had 64mm rears, closed by 120mm fwd transverse bulkhead. Main turrets had 50mm crowns, secondary had 30mm.

Modernizations

1916 - 1917: - 12 x 1 - 47/50; + 4 x 1 - 47/50 M1902 AA.

Naval service