Châteaurenault

Sunk

Type	Protected cruiser
War	First World War
Main guns	2 × 164 mm (6.5 in) guns

Commerce-raiding cruiser used as a troopship. Torpedoed in the Ionian Sea in December 1917; nearly everyone aboard was saved.

The French cruiser French cruiser Châteaurenault 1898 2 photographed at Toulon, France, during World War I. The ship apparently is taking coal aboard from lighters to port. A large dockyard crane appears just behind the cruiser amidships. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 164 mm (6.5 in) guns
6 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns
10 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
5 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns

Armour

Deck: 40 to 100 mm (1.6 to 3.9 in)
Conning tower: 160 mm (6.3 in)
Gun shields: 55 mm (2.2 in)

Laid down	May 1896
Launched	12 May 1898
Commissioned	October 1902
Displacement	7,898 long tons (8,025 t)
Length	135 m (442 ft 11 in) lwl
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

12 May 1898

Fate

Sunk

Sunk, 14 December 1917