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D'Estaing

D'Estaing

Survived

French Navy

TypeCruiser
WarSino-French War
Main guns15 × 5.5″ guns

Cruiser at Fuzhou.

The French cruiser , photographed at Algiers, probably during late 1884. Ship's crew taking coal aboard from barge alongside. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 15 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns
  • 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon
BuilderArsenal de Brest
Laid down4 August 1876
Launched16 October 1879
Commissioned1 September 1880
Displacement2,320 t (2,280 long tons)
Length79.5 m (260 ft 10 in) lwl
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement264

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

Career

Launched

16 October 1879

23 August 1884

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 1902