French armoured cruiser Jules Ferry (1903)
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| Jules Ferry | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jules Ferry |
| Namesake: | Jules Ferry, French statesman |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | October 1901 |
| Launched: | August 1903 |
| In service: | September 1905 |
| Out of service: | 19 January 1927 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Léon Gambetta-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 12,400 tonnes (12,204 long tons) |
| Length: | 146.45 m (480 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 21.41 m (70 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 28 Niclausse boilers, 28,500 hp (21,252 kW) |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,065 tonnes of coal |
| Complement: | 728 |
| Armament: |
• 4 × 193 mm (7.6 in)/40 M1896 guns in twin turrets • 16 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1887 guns in four single and six twin turrets • 24 × 3-pounder guns in single mountings • 2 × 18 in (460 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Belt: 2.8–6 in (71–150 mm) Krupp armour Turrets: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour C.T.: 8 in (200 mm) Krupp armour |
The Jules Ferry was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons of the Léon Gambetta class. She was launched in 1903 at Lorient.
After her commissioning, she was appointed to the 2nd light cruiser division in the Mediterranean.
She was struck in 1927, and sold for scrap the next year.
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Armoured cruiser Jules-Ferry
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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