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TOURVILLE iron unprotected cruiser (1877)


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Tourville

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tourville     F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne 8/1873 1876 11/1877 stricken 1901


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

5698

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

98.6 wl

Breadth, m

15.4

Draught, m

7.85 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 12 oval boilers

Power, h. p.

7460

Max speed, kts

16.9

Fuel, t

coal 1080

Endurance, nm(kts)4400(10)
Armament

7 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 14 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 1 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Complement

540



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<i>Tourville</i>
Tourville


Project history

Very similar to the Duquesne, but with engines on the Wolfe System which also appear to have given considerable trouble. Tactical diameter was said to be 620m.

Modernizations

1880s: - 7 x 1 - 194/20; + 7 x 1 - 165/28 M1881

1892: + 10 x 1 - 47/40 M1885

Naval service

No significant events.