Lavoisier 1898
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Galilée | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1893 | 28.4.1896 | 1897 | stricken 1911 | ||
| Lavoisier | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1/1895 | 17.4.1897 | 4/1898 | disarmed 8.1919, condemned 1920 | ||
| Linois | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 8/1892 | 30.1.1894 | 1895 | stricken 1910 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Linois: 2285 Galilée, Lavoisier: 2318 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
Linois: 98.0 Galilée, Lavoisier: 100.6 |
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Breadth, m |
Linois, Lavoisier: 10.6 Galilée: 11.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.44 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Linois: 2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers Galilée, Lavoisier: 2 VTE, 16 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6800 |
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Max speed, kts |
20.5 |
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Fuel, t |
Linois: coal 400 Galilée: coal 339 Lavoisier: coal 339 + oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
Linois: 4000(10) Galilée, Lavoisier: 3000(10) |
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Armour, mm |
steel; deck: 40, shields: 75 - 50, CT: 125 |
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Armament |
Linois: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 450 TT (beam, aw), 120 mines Galilée: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw), 120 mines Lavoisier: 4 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 8 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 450 TT (beam, aw) |
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Complement |
201 |
Project history: Of higher freeboard than the Forbin and Troude classes with a forecastle deck nearly to the stern, two funnels and two widely spaced masts. Lavoisier was fitted to burn oil fuel with coal.
Ship protection: The 139mm guns were in upper deck sponsons with 75mm shields, and the 100mm were at bow and stern with 50mm shields. There was a small CT with 125mm armour and the curved armour deck was 40mm with a cofferdam above and a light debris deck over the engines.
Modernizations: 1900s, all: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885
Naval service: No significant events.
Lavoisier 1890s
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