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Duguay-Trouin

Duguay-Trouin

Survived

French Navy

TypeCruiser
WarSino-French War
Main guns5 × 7.6″ guns

Cruiser at Fuzhou.

French second class unprotected cruiser, launched at Brest, France, in 1884. This version cropped and slightly rotated by uploader. Photo: Adam Cuerden, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns
  • 5 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns
  • 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down29 April 1873
Launched31 March 1877
Commissioned26 July 1878
Displacement3,662 t (3,604 long tons; 4,037 short tons)
Length88 m (288 ft 9 in) lwl
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement311–322

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

Career

Launched

31 March 1877

23 August 1884

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 12 September 1911