French cruiser Tourville (1926)
Appearance
Tourville in 1929
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History | |
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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 | Template:Sclass- |
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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 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 GL-812 (superseded by GL-832 then Loire-Nieuport 130, 1 catapult) |
Tourville was a French Template:Sclass- heavy cruiser that served during World War II.
References
- Jordan, John; Moulin, Jean (2013). French Cruisers 1922 - 1956. Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1848321335.
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