French cruiser D'Entrecasteaux

Model of D'Entrecasteaux
History
France
Name:	D'Entrecasteaux
Namesake:	Admiral Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
Builder:	La Seyne
Laid down:	1894
Launched:	June 1896
In service:	1899
General characteristics
Type:	Protected cruiser
Displacement:	8,123 tonnes (7,995 long tons)
Length:	393.5 feet (119.9 m)
Beam:	58.5 feet (17.8 m)
Draught:	26 feet (7.9 m)
Installed power:	10,800 kW (14,500 hp)
Propulsion:	2 sets triple expansion steam boilers
Speed:	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Complement:	521
Armament:	2 × 240-millimeter (9.4 in)/40 cal guns 12 × 138.6-millimeter (5.5 in)/45 cal guns 12 × 3-pounder guns 6 × 37mm Maxim machine guns 2 × 18-inch (460 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 3.25 in (83 mm) Turrets: 9 in (230 mm) Turret bases: 4 in (100 mm) Casemates: 2.33 in (59 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm)

D'Entrecasteaux was a French protected cruiser launched in June 1896, completed in 1899. It was constructed at La Seyne in 1894.

Notes

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1. Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press.
2. John Moore et al, Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I, Random House Group Ltd