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Bouvines just completed

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Amiral Tréhouart			Arsenal de Lorient	10.1890	16.5.1893	5.1896	stricken 1922
Bouvines			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	9.1890	29.3.1892	12.1894	stricken 1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6681
Displacement full, t
Length, m	86.5 pp 89.7 oa
Breadth, m	17.8
Draught, m	7.14 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Bouvines: 2 VTE, 16 Lagrafel d`Allest boilers Amiral Tréhouart: 2 VTE, 16 Belleville boilers
Power, h. p.	8500
Max speed, kts	16.5 - 17
Fuel, t	coal 511
Endurance, nm(kts)	1700(10)
Armour, mm	Nickel steel, steel: belt: 450 - 250, turrets: 450, turret bases: 400, CT: 100, deck: 110
Armament	Bouvines: 2 x 1 - 305/45 M1887, 8 x 1 - 100/45 M1891, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 10 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw) Amiral Tréhouart: 2 x 1 - 305/45 M1887, 8 x 1 - 100/45 M1891, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw)
Complement	Bouvines: 343 Amiral Tréhouart: 362

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Project history

Development of Jemmapes class, differing by extension of forecastle deck to mainmast.

Ship protection

Main belt was 450mm amidships, 300mm forward and 400mm aft, tapering everywhere to 250mm at lower edge. Turrets had 450mm sides and 70mm crowns. Very heavy curved main deck laid over 10mm plating and was 110-70mm amidships, 90mm fwd and 70mm aft. Ships had different appearance: Amiral Tréhouart had one funnel and Bouvines had two.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In days of WWI both were based at Cherbourg and used as depot ships, did not participating in naval operations.