French cruiser Lapérouse
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse |
| Builder: | Brest shipyard |
| Laid down: | 23 June 1875 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1877 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Barbette cruiser |
| Tonnage: | 2240 tonnes |
| Length: | 80 metres |
| Beam: | 11.40 metres |
| Draught: | 5.50 metres |
| Installed power: | 2300 shp |
| Propulsion: |
steam engine |
| Sail plan: | full-rigged |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Armament: |
15 140mm guns |
The Lapérouse was a barbette cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
She was part of the Far East Squadron under Admiral Amédée Courbet.
She later was part of the Indian Ocean squadron.
Lapérouse was by a storm on 31 September 1898. She was beached on the coast of Madagascar. All hands were saved.
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