French cruiser Tourville

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.

*Tourville*
History
Tourville in 1929
France
Name:	Tourville
Namesake:	Anne Hilarion de Tourville
Builder:	Lorient Navy Yard
Laid down:	14 April 1925
Launched:	24 August 1926
Commissioned:	1 December 1928
Fate:	Condemned 8 March 1962
General characteristics
Class and type:	Duquesne-class cruiser
Displacement:	10,000 tonnes (standard) 12,200 tons (full load)
Length:	191 m (626 ft 8 in) overall
Beam:	19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draught:	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	4-shaft Rateau-Bretagne single-reduction geared turbines; 9 Guyot boilers; 120,000 shp (89 MW)
Speed:	33.75 knots (38.84 mph; 62.51 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (5,200 mi; 8,300 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement:	605
Armament:	8 × 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 guns (4 × 2) 8 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (8 × 1) 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 2) 12 × 13.2 mm AA (4 × 3) 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3)
Armour:	Magazine box 30 mm (1.2 in) Deck 30 mm (1.2 in) Turrets and conning tower 30 mm (1.2 in)
Aircraft carried:	2 GL-812 (superseded by GL-832 then Loire-Nieuport 130, 1 catapult)

Tourville was a French Duquesne-class heavy cruiser that served during World War II.

Duquesne-class cruisers

Duquesne Tourville

Preceded by: None Followed by: Suffren class

List of cruisers of the French Navy

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