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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
FR11 (ex-Jean de Vienne)			Arsenal de Brest, France	20.12.1931	31.7.1935	10.2.1937 // ---	captured incomplete by Germany 9.1943
FR12 (ex-La Galissonnière)			Arsenal de Lorient, France	15.12.1931	18.11.1933	1.4.1936 // ---	captured incomplete by Germany 9.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	7600
Displacement full, t	9100
Length, m	172.0 pp 179.5 oa
Breadth, m	17.5
Draught, m	5.35 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	FR11: 2 sets Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 4 Indret boilers FR12: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Indret boilers
Power, h. p.	84000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	oil 1569
Endurance, nm(kts)	6800(14)
Armour, mm	belt: 105, torpedo bulkhead: 20, bulkheads: 60 - 20, deck: 38, turrets: 100 - 50, barbettes: 95 - 70, CT: 95 - 50
Armament	FR.11: 3 x 3 - 152/55 M1930, 4 x 2 - 90/50 M1930, 1 x 2 - 37/50 M1933, 1 x 2 - 25/60 M1938, 6 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 550 TT, 1 catapult, 3 seaplanes FR.12: 3 x 3 - 152/55 M1930, 4 x 2 - 90/50 M1930, 1 x 2 - 37/50 M1933, 1 x 2 - 25/60 M1938, 6 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 550 TT, 1 catapult, 4 seaplanes
Complement	540

Project history

After suicide of the French fleet at Toulon in November, 1942, Italians managed to salvage in 1943 2 cruisers of La Galissonière class: Jean de Vienne and La Galissonière, received new numbers FR11 and FR12. The ships were towed off to Italy and had time to begin restoring repair, but after September, 1943 works were actually stopped. Ex-La Galissonnière was captured by Germans in September 1943 and 18.8.1944 sunk by US B-25 bombers. Ex-Jean de Vienne ran aground 24.11.1943 after Allied air attack and scrapped after war.

Ship protection

Torpedo bulkhead protected the hull between end barbettes. Main 105mm belt protected machinery and command center under main deck, it was about 2m narrower abreast magazines. Transverse bulkheads had 60mm thickness between main deck and upper platform and 20mm between upper platform and double bottom. They were placed forward from barbette No1, between command center and barbette No2, between machinery spaces and barbette No3 and aft from barbette No3. Belt was closed by 38mm main deck. Steering gear compartment had 38mm crown, 26mm sides and 20mm transverse bulkheads. Turrets had 100mm faces, 50mm sides and crowns and 40mm rears. Barbettes had 95mm protection over upper deck and 70mm between main and upper decks. CT had 95mm sides and 50mm roof and had communication tube with 45mm armour.