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Duguesclin

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Duguesclin			Arsenal de Rochefort	12/1878	1883	8/1886	stricken 1904
Vauban			Arsenal de Cherbourg	2/1879	7/1882	1885	stricken 1905

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6112
Displacement full, t
Length, m	81.0 wl
Breadth, m	17.5
Draught, m	7.62 - 7.70 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	4400
Max speed, kts	14 - 14.5
Fuel, t	coal 450
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 250 - 150, barbettes: 200, deck: 50
Armament	Duguesclin: 4 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 12 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 350 TT (beam, aw) Vauban: 4 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 12 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 350 TT (beam, aw)
Complement	440

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Project history

Very similar to the Bayard class but differing in having steel hulls which were wood sheathed and coppered. There was no stem 194mm. The ships were originally rigged as brigs with royals and 2160 m2 of canvas, but latterly did not carry sail and had two masts with military tops. The steel hulls allowed better compartmentation, but otherwise details were as in the Bayard class. Duguesclin could be distinguished by her peculiar sloping stern rising from the waterline in a convex curve.

Ship protection

The belt extended from 1.5m above water to 1.5m below, the barbettes had compound armour.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.