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
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Template:Sclass- 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	28,500 hp (21,252 kW) 28 Niclausse boilers
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Complement	728 men
Armament	2 × twin 194 mm (7.6 in)/40 M1896 guns 6 × twin, 4 × single 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1893 guns 24 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Krupp armour Waterline belt: 2.8–6 in (71–152 mm) Gun turrets: 8 in (200 mm) Conning tower: 8 in (200 mm)

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.

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.