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Lavoisier 1890s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Galilée			Arsenal de Rochefort	1893	28.4.1896	1897	stricken 1911
Lavoisier			Arsenal de Rochefort	1/1895	17.4.1897	4/1898	disarmed 8.1919, condemned 1920
Linois			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	8/1892	30.1.1894	1895	stricken 1910

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Linois: 2285 Galilée, Lavoisier: 2318
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Linois: 98.0 Galilée, Lavoisier: 100.6
Breadth, m	Linois, Lavoisier: 10.6 Galilée: 11.0
Draught, m	5.44 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Linois: 2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers Galilée, Lavoisier: 2 VTE, 16 Belleville boilers
Power, h. p.	6800
Max speed, kts	20.5
Fuel, t	Linois: coal 400 Galilée: coal 339 Lavoisier: coal 339 + oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	Linois: 4000(10) Galilée, Lavoisier: 3000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 40, shields: 75 - 50, CT: 125
Armament	Linois: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 450 TT (beam, aw), 120 mines Galilée: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw), 120 mines Lavoisier: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw)
Complement	201

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Project history

Of higher freeboard than the Forbin and Troude classes with a forecastle deck nearly to the stern, two funnels and two widely spaced masts.  Lavoisier was fitted to burn oil fuel with coal.

Ship protection

The 139mm guns were in upper deck sponsons with 75mm shields, and the 100mm were at bow and stern with 50mm shields. There was a small CT with 125mm armour and the curved armour deck was 40mm with a cofferdam above and a light debris deck over the engines.

Modernizations

1900s, all: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885

Naval service

No significant events.