French cruiser Lapérouse
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Lapérouse.
.jpg) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France
| |
| Name: | Lapérouse |
| Namesake: | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse |
| Builder: | Brest shipyard |
| Laid down: | 23 June 1875 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1877 |
| Homeport: | Brest |
| Fate: | wrecked in 1898.July 31st.Fort-Dauphin's Bay.Anosy.Madagascar.During an assigned navigation,hoisting the French General Governor Gal Gallieni pennon.Moored and waiting for coal,a sudden gust wind ruptured her two anchor chains:she drifted towards the coast and ran aground. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 1st class,serial type Iphigénie |
| Type: | Barbette cruiser |
| Tonnage: | 2240 tonnes |
| Length: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.40 m (37.4 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.50 m (18.0 ft) |
| Installed power: | 2,300 shp (1,700 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
|
| Sail plan: | full-rigged |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Crew: | 264 |
| Armament: | 15 140mm / 5.5 inch M1870M guns, 2 Hotchkiss quick-firing guns, eight 1-pounder revolvers |
| Notes: | beached on the coast of Madagascar |
The Lapérouse was a barbette cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, named after Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse.
The Lapérouse served as a defensive cruiser in the French Navy and was built at Brest, with work commencing in 1875, launched in 1877 and was subsequently wrecked in 1898 in the East Indies after being hit by a storm on 31 July 1898 in Fort-Dauphin's Bay.Anosy Madagascar All hands were saved.
She was part of the Far East Squadron under Admiral Amédée Courbet.
Sources and references
French navy construction drawings of the ship "LAPEROUSE, Naval construction plans".
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to French cruiser Lapérouse. |
| ||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, October 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.