French cruiser Victor Hugo

History
France
Name: Victor Hugo
Namesake: Victor Hugo
Builder: Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down: March 1903
Launched: March 1904
In service: 1907
Out of service: 1930
General characteristics
Type: Léon Gambetta-class Armored cruiser
Displacement: 12,400 tonnes (12,204 long tons)
Length: 149.1 m (489 ft 2 in)
Beam: 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in)
Draft: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Complement: 728 men
Armament:
Armour:

The French cruiser Victor Hugo was one of three Léon Gambetta-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

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