Lapérouse-class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lapérouse class |
| Operators |  Marine Nationale |
| Completed | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Classe de Laperouse |
| Type | Barbette cruiser |
| Tonnage | 2240 tonnes |
| Length | 80 metres |
| Beam | 11.40 metres |
| Draught | 5.50 metres |
| Installed power | 2300 shp |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) steam engine Sail |
| Sail plan | full-rigged |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| 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-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 2363 tons, a speed of 15 Knots and had a complement of 264 sailors. Armament was fifteen 5.5-inch M1870M guns later replaced in Primauget with quick-firing conversions. Each ship also had eight 1-pounder revolvers. [1] [2]
Sources and references
French navy construction drawings of the ship "LAPEROUSE, Naval construction plans".