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Tage 1900s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tage			F C de la Loire, St-Nazaire	7/1885	28.10.1886	12/1890	stricken 1910

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	7469
Displacement full, t
Length, m	118.9 wl
Breadth, m	16.3
Draught, m	7.67 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HTE, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	12500
Max speed, kts	19.2
Fuel, t	coal 1500
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 50 with 55mm slopes, CT: 90 - 75
Armament	8 x 1 - 165/30 M1884, 10 x 1 - 139/30 M1884, 5 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 1 x 5 - 47/20 M1885, 14 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 7 - 380 TT (aw, 1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	538

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Project history

A three-funnelled protected cruiser with marked tumblehome, a pronounced plough bow and an overhanging stern. There was a forecastle and poop and she was originally rigged as a barque. The 165mm guns were on the upper deck with two in embrasure ports forward and the rest in sponsons, while the 139mm were on the main deck broadside.

Ship protection

The protective deck was complete and of 50mm total thickness, with 55mm on the slopes which ran to 1.3m below water. There was a 1m wide cofferdam above the protective deck, and 90mm bulkheads from this deck to the upper deck enclosed the main deck battery. There was a CT with 90-75mm.

Modernizations

1900: boilers were replaced by 12 Belleville, coal stowage reduced to 980t, mainmast was removed.

1900s: - 2 x 1 - 139/30, 1 x 5 - 47/20, 14 x 5 - 37/20, 3 - 380 TT (1 bow, 2 beam); + 1 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 16 x 1 - 37/20 M1885

Naval service

No significant events.