DEFENCE
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The first-class cruisers in the following list are all deck-protected, ships named in italics are also armoured.
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Knots
Tage .
1886
7,589
8 6-4in. Q.F.; 8 5-5in. Q.F. ;
22 small Q.F., &c. .
7
12,410
19-0
Cecille .
1SS7
5,839
8 6-4in.Q.F.; 10 5-5in. Q.F.;
24 small Q.F., «fec. .
4
10,200
19-0
/
Dicpuy de Lome .
ISOO
6,305
2 7-6iii. ; 6 6-5in. Q.F. ; 20
"small Q.F., &c. .
4
14,000
20-0
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Latouche-Treville
1802
4,681
2 7-6in. ; 6 5 -5111. Q.F.; 14
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small Q.F., &o.
4
8,300
18-2
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Charner
1893
4,716
2 7-6in.; 6 5-5 in. Q.F.; 16
small Q.F., &c.
4
8,300
18-2
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Bruix .
1894
4,679
Ditto, ditto . . . .
4
8,700
190
Chamy.
1894
4,855
Ditto, ditto . . . .
4
8,300
19
\
Pothuau
1895
5,275
2 7-6in. ; 10 5-5in. Q.F. ;
ISsmaU Q.F., <tc. .
4
10,000
19
- Foudre
1895
6,090
8 4in. Q.F.; 8 small Q.F.,&c.
11,500
18-5
D'Entrecasteaux .
1896
8,114
2 9-5in. ; 12 5-5in. Q.F.; 12
small Q.F., <tc. .
6
13,500
19-0
Guichen
1897
8,277
2 6-4in. Q.F.; 6 5-5in. Q.F.; 10 small Q.F., &c. .
24,000
23-0
Chateaurenault .
1S9S
8,018
Ditto, ditto . . . .
...
23,000
23-0
Jeanne d'Arc
11,270
2 7-6in.; 8 5-5in.Q.F.; 12 4in.
{
Q.F.; 26 small Q.F. , &c. .
2
28,000
23-0
Montcalm
9,53 7
2 7'6in.; 8 6-4in. Q.F.; 4 4in.
._,
24 smallrn- ....
2
20,000
210
_5
Dupetit-Thouars .
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9,517
Ditto, ditto ....
2
20,000
21-0
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Gueydon
9,517
Ditto, ditto ....
2
20,000
21-0
Gloire .
10,000
Ditto, ditto . . . .
2
20,000
21-0
J3
Condi- .
10,000
Ditto, ditto . . . .
2
20,000
21
Sully .
10,000
Ditto, ditto ....
2
20,000
21-0
Desaix
7,700
10 6 4in. Q.F. ; 16 smaller .
2
17,100
21-0
V
Kleber
7,700
Ditto, ditto ....
2
17,100
21
'
Dupleix
7,700
Ditto, ditto . . . .
2
17,100
21-0
Jurien de la
Graviere .
...
5,500
8 6-4 in. Q.F. ; 121-8in.Q.F.
"2
17,000
23
- Torpedo depot shij).
French battleships of the later classes present marked contrasts to the earlier type. Their .superstructures are less imposing, their protection is better, and the heavy guns are arranged as in our own shi[is. In the Hoche (10,823 tons) two 13 "4 in. guns are severally fore and aft in closed revolving turrets, while the two 10 "8 in. guns firing both right ahead and astern, are disposed on either broadside in barbette turrets protected by shields. Closely analagous are the Ncplunc, Marceau, and Magenta. These have a like dispo- .sition of armament — the heaviest guns at the angle of a lozenge, but all mounted en barbette. The Brennus differs from the ships named in having her three heavy guns in closed turrets, two forward and one aft.
The Massina and Bouvct are still more powerful vessels. The follow- ing are the dimensions of the Bouvet, Avhich is a little larger than the other — length, 382ft. 3in. ; beam, 70ft. 3in. ; displacement, 12,012 tons. In these ships the heavy guns are disposed as in the Neptune, but the pieces of the secondary armament are also in closed turrets. The protection of the J/rt.<?s^na consists of a Schneider steel belt (9fin. to 17fin.), IS^in. to lofin. on the four large turrets, and 4in. on the smaller turrets. Beneath the armoured deck, which is Z\ inches in extreme thickness, is a secondary splinter-proof
