Gloire 1904
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amiral Aube | A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire | 9.8.1899 | 9.5.1902 | 17.4.1904 | stricken 4.1922 | ||
| Condé | Arsenal de Lorient | 20.3.1901 | 12.3.1902 | 12.8.1904 | barrack ship 2.1933 | ||
| Gloire | Arsenal de Lorient | 10.1.1900 | 27.6.1900 | 28.4.1904 | stricken 1922 | ||
| Marseillaise | Arsenal de Brest | 1.1900 | 14.7.1900 | 1903 | TS 1925, stricken 1929 | ||
| Sully | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 24.5.1899 | 4.6.1901 | 6/1904 | wrecked 30.9.1905 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Amiral Aube: 9534 Condé: 10233 Gloire: 10212 Marsellaise: 9458 Sully: 9856 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
139.8 wl |
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Breadth, m |
20.2 |
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Draught, m |
7.47 - 7.67 max |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
Amiral Aube, Marsellaise, Sully: 3 VTE, 24 Belleville boilers Condé, Gloire: 3 VTE, 28 Niclausse boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
21800 |
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Max speed, kts |
21.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1565 + oil 80 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(18) |
| Armour, mm | Harvey nickel steel; belt: 150 - 60, turrets: 170, turret bases: 140 - 100, secondary turrets: 100, casemates: 85, lower deck: 45 - 40, main deck: 35 - 20, CT: 150 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 194/40 M1893-96, 8 x 1 - 165/45 M1893-96, 6 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 18 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (sub, beam) |
| Complement | 615 |
Project history: Large armoured cruisers, development of Gueydon with differing artillery distribution (4 165mm guns in single turrets and 4 in casemates). To the First World War beginning they already became outdated.
Ship protection: Main belt extended from 1.0m below water to 2.3m above and to upper deck in fwd part in 3.3m from the bows, ending by 80mm bulkhead near the stern. Its lower strake was 150mm decreasing to 70mm at lower edge, thickness of this strake decreased to 80mm at ship ends. Upper strake tapered from 120 to 80mm from lower strake to upper edge and was 60mm above the main deck at fwd part. Lower deck had 40mm flat part connecting with lower edge of main belt by 45mm slopes. 35mm flat medium deck connected with top of main belt, reducing to 20mm at ship ends. A space between these decks was divided into many small compartments, filled with coal or stores. Casemates had 40mm rears. 100mm guns were unprotected.
Modernizations: 1925, Marseillaise: - 2 x 1 - 194/40; + 2 x 1 - 165/45 M1893-96
Naval service: Sully was wrecked 30.9.1905 in Along Bay in Indo-China as result of navigating accident, salvage attempts failed.
Gloire in 1916-1918 was in Southern Atlantic and in May, 1918 was badly damaged as a result of collision with US s/s City of Athens. Amiral Aube in 1915 passed to Mediterranean sea and in 1916 laid up into reserve. In 1925-1929 Marseillaise was used as gunnery TS, replacing her 194mm guns by 165mm ones. Condé was hulked after 1933 and used as barrack ship. She was converted by Germans to submarine tender and sunk as aircraft target before WWII end.
Gloire 1900
Marsellaise 1914
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