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Jules Michelet

Jules Michelet

Survived

French Navy

TypeArmoured cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns in twin turrets

Served in the Mediterranean.

French armored-cruiser Jules Michelet, carrying the Governor-General of French Indochina, mooring in the harbor of Tandjong Priok. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns in twin turrets
  • 12 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1893-96M guns in eight single turrets and four casemates
  • 24 × 47 mm (3-pounder) guns in single mountings
  • 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) submerged torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 71–152 mm (2.8–6 in)
  • 193 mm turrets: 200 mm (8 in)
  • 164 mm turrets: 130–170 mm (5.1–6.5 in)
  • Casemates: 140 mm (5.5 in)
  • Conning tower: 200 mm (8 in)
BuilderLorient
Laid downJune 1904
Launched31 August 1905
CommissionedNovember 1908
Displacement13,105 t (12,898 long tons)
Length146.53 m (480 ft 9 in) overall
Speed22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Complement728

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

31 August 1905

Fate

Survived

Sank as target 1937