Gloire-class cruiser

Gloire in 1913
Class overview
Name	Gloire
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Gueydon class
In commission	1904 - 1933
Completed	5
Lost	1
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	9,856 tonnes
Length	140 m
Beam	20 m
Draught	7.7 m
Propulsion	steam engines, 8 boilers, 21,800 HP
Speed	21.5 knots
Complement	615 men
Armament	2 × 194 mm 40-calibre guns Mod 1893 in single mounts 8 × 163 mm 45-calibre guns Mod 1893 in single mounts 6 × 100 mm guns 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt 150 mm Deck 40 mm Turrets 170 mm
Notes	Ships in class include: Gloire, Marseillaise, Sully, Condé, Amiral Aube

The Gloire ("glory") class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.

Description and History

Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1912

They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163-mm guns.

Sully was wrecked in Indo-China in 1905, the others served in World War I and into the 1920s, Condé until 1933.

See also

Media related to Gloire class armoured cruisers at Wikimedia Commons