French armoured cruiser Chanzy
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Chanzy |
| Launched: | January 1894 |
| Commissioned: | December 1894 |
| Fate: | Wrecked and destroyed, 30 May 1907 |
| 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 |
Chanzy was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.
After her trials in 1895, she served in the Caribbean and in the Far East. Chanzy ran aground in Indochina in 1907, where she proved impossible to refloat and was destroyed on 30 May.
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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