French cruiser Troude

*Troude*
History

France
Name:	Troude
Namesake:	Amable Troude
Builder:	Bordeau
Launched:	22 October 1888
Struck:	1907
General characteristics
Class & type:	Troude-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	1960 tonnes
Length:	95 m (312 ft)
Beam:	9 m (30 ft)
Draught:	5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Installed power:	5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion:	2 Creusot steam engines Three-masted sail plan
Speed:	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Armament:	4 140 mm modèle 1881 guns 4 47 mm guns 20 37 mm modèle 1885 4 350 mm torpedo tubes 150 mines

Troude was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Amable Troude.

After her trials in 1891, Troude was sent to the Middle East, replacing Seygnelay at the station of the Levant.

In 1901, she had a major refit in Rochefort. In January 1906, she was sent to Haiti to protect French nationals during unrest in Port-au-Prince.

Sources and references

Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, Tome II, 1870–2006, LV Jean-Michel Roche, Imp. Rezotel-Maury Millau, 2005

Troude-class cruisers

Troude Lalande Cosmao

Preceded by: Forbin class Followed by: Linois class

List of cruisers of the French Navy

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