NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Jurien de la Gravière			Arsenal de Lorient	15.11.1897	26.6.1899	1903	stricken 7.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5595
Displacement full, t
Length, m	137.0
Breadth, m	15.0
Draught, m	6.30 max
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 VTE, 24 Guyot du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	17400
Max speed, kts	22.9
Fuel, t	coal 886
Endurance, nm(kts)	6150(10)
Armour, mm	shields: 70, casemates: 45, ammunition tubes: 25, deck: 55 - 35 with 65 - 55-mm slopes, medium deck: 25, CT: 100
Armament	8 x 1 - 164/45 M1893, 10 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 6 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (sub, beam)
Complement	463

Project history

Large, but poorly armed cruiser. Possessed bad manoeuvrability (tactical diameter was 2000m!), too light construction and on trials (proceeding more than a year) never reached designed 23kts speed but suffered from strong vibration. Ship was wood sheated and coppered.

Ship protection

Armour deck was 55mm with 65mm slopes amidships, decreasing to 35mm with 55mm slopes near ship ends. Space between them and 25mm medium deck was divided into many small compartments, filled with coal or stores. The guns had 70mm shields and bases and 25mm ammunition tubes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.