French armoured cruiser Bruix (1894)
| Armoured cruiser Bruix | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bruix |
| Namesake: | Étienne Eustache Bruix |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | September 1890 |
| Launched: | 2 August 1894 |
| Completed: | 1896 |
| In service: | 5 December 1896 |
| Out of service: | 21 June 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Amiral Charner-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,700 tonnes (4,626 long tons) |
| Length: | 110 m (360 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Creusot steam engines, 8,800 shp (6,562 kW), 16 boilers |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement: | 410 |
| Armament: |
• 2 × Canons de 164 mm Modèle 1893 • 4 × 138 mm (5.4 in) guns |
Bruix was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Étienne Eustache Bruix.
After her trials in 1895, she served in the Caribbean and in the Far East. After the outbreak of the First World War, along with Surprise, she was sent off Africa to invade Cameroon, putting an end to the German colony of Kamerun. In 1916, she took part in operations in the Mediterranean and notably in the blockade of Greece in the Noemvriana.
References
- Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, Tome II, 1870-2006, LV Jean-Michel Roche, Imp. Rezotel-Maury Millau, 2005
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