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Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet at Tanjung Priok, Dutch East Indies, while serving as transport for the Governor-General of Indochina, 1929
Class overview
OperatorsFrench cruiser Jules Michelet French Navy
Preceded byLéon Gambetta class
Succeeded byErnest Renan
History
NameJules Michelet
NamesakeJules Michelet
BuilderLorient
Laid downJune 1904
Launched31 August 1905
CommissionedNovember 1908
FateSank as target 1937
General characteristics [1]
TypeArmoured cruiser
Displacement13,105 t (12,898 long tons)
Length146.53 m (480 ft 9 in) overall
Beam21.41 m (70 ft 3 in)
Draught8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)
Propulsion3 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 28 Guyot du Temple boilers, 30,000 ihp (22,371 kW)
Speed22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity2,070 tonnes of coal
Complement728
Armament
  • 4 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns in twin turrets
  • 12 × 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1893-96M guns in eight single turrets and four casemates
  • 24 × 47 mm (3-pounder) guns in single mountings
  • 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) submerged torpedo tubes
Armour
  • Belt: 71–152 mm (2.8–6 in)
  • 193 mm turrets: 200 mm (8 in)
  • 164 mm turrets: 130–170 mm (5.1–6.5 in)
  • Casemates: 140 mm (5.5 in)
  • Conning tower: 200 mm (8 in)

Jules Michelet was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, laid down in 1904 and completed in 1908. It was a development of the Léon Gambetta class of armoured cruisers, and was the sole representative of its type. It served during the First World War being eventually sunk as a target in 1937.

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