Lapérouse-class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Lapérouse class |
| Operators: |
 Marine Nationale |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Barbette cruiser |
| Tonnage: | 2240 tonnes |
| Length: | 80 m (262 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 11.40 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: | 1,700 kW (2,300 shp) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | full-rigged |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 264 |
| Armament: |
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| Notes: | beached on the coast of Madagascar |
The Lapérouse class was a type of barbette cruisers of the French Navy, with wooden hull and iron beams. These ships had plough bows with a forecastle, a displacement of 2,363 tons, a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) and had a complement of 264 sailors. Armament was fifteen 140 mm (5.5 in) M1870M guns later replaced in Primauget with quick-firing conversions. Each ship also had eight 1-pounder revolvers.[1][2]
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