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Armored Cruiser Identification: From the
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Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In
Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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built in the first decade of the twentieth century for the
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of 19.38 meters (63 ft 7 in) and had a maximum
686:. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333.
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342:and they were rated at a total of 19,600–22,000
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832:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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217:4 Ă— single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
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332:vertical triple-expansion steam engines
811:Directory of the World's Capital Ships
545:Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
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794:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
775:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
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220:2 Ă— 450 mm (17.7 in)
813:. New York: Hippocrene Books.
703:French Warships of World War I
18:Gueydon class armoured cruiser
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809:Silverstone, Paul H. (1984).
701:Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974).
163:139.90 m (459.0 ft)
790:Roberts, Stephen S. (2021).
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588:Torpedoed and sunk by
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260:Design and description
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582:5 July 1901
568:
538:
512:
502:Commissioned
452:
437:to the main
430:
421:
403:guns on the
397:torpedo boat
365:class had a
362:
360:
327:
325:
301:long overall
294:
290:Jeanne d'Arc
289:
284:
281:Emile Bertin
275:
233:
232:
230:
210:10 Ă— single
203:4 Ă— single
155:9,516 tonnes
152:Displacement
96:
85:Jeanne d'Arc
84:
55:
37:
1061:Charlemagne
997:battleships
994:Dreadnought
464:gun shields
395:. For anti-
378:gun turrets
317:metric tons
296:Jeune École
248:French Navy
196:8 Ă— single
189:2 Ă— single
80:Preceded by
74:French Navy
1663:Categories
1552:Amphitrite
1452:Submarines
1434:Aventurier
1350:Pertuisane
1327:Destroyers
1075:RĂ©publique
602:References
427:armor belt
405:forecastle
168:Propulsion
1649:Cancelled
1510:Archimède
1475:Argonaute
1385:Voltigeur
1371:Branlebas
1357:Arquebuse
1289:D'Estrées
1254:Descartes
1020:Normandie
742:0043-0374
492:Laid down
460:cellulose
456:cofferdam
435:waterline
393:casemates
321:long tons
313:displaced
113:Completed
62:Operators
1587:Lagrange
1538:Clorinde
1517:Mariotte
1503:Brumaire
1496:PluviĂ´se
1482:Émeraude
1468:Aigrette
1399:Bouclier
1392:Chasseur
1364:Claymore
1336:Durandal
1109:Henri IV
1013:Bretagne
900:Montcalm
752:(2011).
728:Class".
590:SM
539:Montcalm
497:Launched
488:Builder
443:bulkhead
391:guns in
184:Armament
129:Scrapped
38:Montcalm
1601:O'Byrne
1580:Joessel
1559:Bellone
1275:Guichen
1261:D'Assas
1164:Dupleix
1157:Gueydon
1143:Pothuau
1082:Liberté
1068:Suffren
1006:Courbet
931:Dupleix
893:Gueydon
879:Gueydon
722:Gueydon
513:Gueydon
431:Gueydon
429:of the
371:caliber
363:Gueydon
340:boilers
328:Gueydon
319:(9,219
303:with a
285:Gueydon
234:Gueydon
108:1902–35
97:Dupleix
56:Gueydon
1621:Foudre
1594:Armide
1461:Sirène
1406:Bisson
1343:Framée
1247:Linois
1240:Friant
1233:Troude
1226:Forbin
1171:Gloire
1089:Danton
1054:Bouvet
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817:
798:
779:
760:
740:
709:
690:
447:strake
424:Harvey
315:9,367
283:, the
160:Length
71:
1573:Diane
1489:Circé
1441:Arabe
1378:Spahi
933:class
506:Fate
485:Name
475:Ships
352:knots
309:draft
240:class
176:Speed
99:class
1027:Lyon
834:ISBN
815:ISBN
796:ISBN
777:ISBN
758:ISBN
738:ISSN
734:LVII
707:ISBN
688:ISBN
592:U-62
439:deck
422:The
326:The
305:beam
272:1906
231:The
214:guns
207:guns
200:guns
193:guns
142:Type
121:Lost
52:Name
1427:M89
256:).
242:of
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644:^
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348:kW
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