Lapérouse-class cruiser
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Lapérouse class |
| Operators: |
 Marine Nationale |
| Completed: |
4 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Barbette cruiser |
| Tonnage: |
2240 tonnes |
| Length: |
80 m (262 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: |
11.40 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: |
5.50 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: |
1,700 kW (2,300 shp) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: |
full-rigged |
| Speed: |
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: |
264 |
| Armament: |
- 15 × 140 mm (5.5 in) M1870M guns
- 2 × Hotchkiss quick-firing guns
- 8 × 1-pounder revolvers
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| Notes: |
beached on the coast of Madagascar |
The Lapérouse class was a type of barbette cruisers of the French Navy, with wooden hull and iron beams. These ships had plough bows with a forecastle, a displacement of 2,363 tons, a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) and had a complement of 264 sailors. Armament was fifteen 140 mm (5.5 in) M1870M guns later replaced in Primauget with quick-firing conversions. Each ship also had eight 1-pounder revolvers.[1][2]
Sources and references
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- Lapérouse
- D'Estaing
- Nielly
- Monge / Primauguet
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- Preceded by: Tourville
- Followed by: Villars class
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