French armoured cruiser Gloire
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| Armoured cruiser Gloire | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gloire |
| Namesake: | Glory |
| Builder: | Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1899 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 1904 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Brest in 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gloire-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9,856 tonnes (9,700 long tons) |
| Length: | 140 m (459 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 20 m (65 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | 8-boiler steam engine, 21,800 hp (16,256 kW) |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 615 men |
| Armament: |
• 2 × 194 mm (7.6 in) 40-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts • 8 × 164 mm (6.5 in) 45-calibre 1893 Model guns in single mounts • 6 × 100 mm (4 in) guns • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Belt : 150 mm (6 in) Deck : 40 mm (2 in) Turrets : 170 mm (7 in) |
The Gloire was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.
In 1914, the Gloire was used as a school ship. In August, she was transferred to the English Channel light squadron, until April 1915. She was transferred to the Atlantic in 1916, chasing German raiders off Canada.
In May 1918, the Gloire collided with the US steamer City of Athens and had to be repaired in New York harbour.
She was eventually scrapped in Brest in 1922.
