D`Entrecasteaux 1899
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| D`Entrecasteaux | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 9.1894 | 12.6.1896 | 1899 | stricken 10.1922 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
7995 |
|
Displacement full, t |
8142 |
|
Length, m |
117.0 pp 120.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
17.8 |
|
Draught, m |
7.50 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 5 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
14500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 980 + oil 203 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 8000(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
Harvey Nickel steel; turrets: 250, casemates: 55, shields: 55, deck: 55 with 100mm slopes, medium deck: 20, CT: 250 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 240/40 M1893-96, 12 x 1 - 139/30 M1893, 12 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 6 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 6 - 450 TT (2 sub, 4 aw, 4 beam, 1 bow, 1 stern) |
|
Complement |
559 |
Project history: The original ship with heavy turret artillery and moderate speed, intended for actions in distant areas: the underwater hull was been wood sheathed and is coppered, magazines had refrigeration system. However ship was reported extremely hot, particularly in magazines.
Ship protection: Armour deck had 55mm maximal thickness of flat part and 100mm slopes, there was an additional 20mm deck above.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Since 1917 D`Entrecasteaux was used mainly as personnel transport. Since 1919 served as TS at Brest, later disarmed and in 1923 presented to Belgium as hulk but returned in 1926 when Belgian Navy was reduced. She was sold for scrap in 1927, served as hulk and broken up by Germans in 1942.
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