French cruiser Duquesne (1925)
Service
- as Duquesne25 January 1929 — 2 July 19552,193 days of the war
- Name
- Duquesne
- Pennant / hull number
- 1925
- Namesake
- Abraham Duquesne
- Builder
- Arsenal de Brest
- Ordered
- 1 July 1924
- Laid down
- 30 October 1924
- Launched
- 17 December 1925
- Fate
- Listed for sale 27 July 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 12,239 long tons (12,435 t)
- Length
- 191 m (626.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 19 m (62.3 ft)
- Draught
- 6.32 m (20.7 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 605
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
Duquesne was a Duquesne-class cruiser of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1925. The ship was named after Abraham Duquesne. Her keel was laid at Arsenal de Brest on 30 October 1924. She was launched on 17 December 1925.
Her class ran to two ships. The Suffren-class cruiser followed.
She displaced 10,000 long tons standard and 12,239 long tons at full load. She measured 191 m (627 ft) long with a beam of 19 m (62 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 605.
Her main battery was eight 203 mm (8.0 in) guns. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 4 shp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4-shaft geared steam turbines
- Power
- 8 boilers
- 118358.4 shp
- Armament
- Initial
- 8 × 203 mm/50 guns (4 × 2)
- 8 × 75 mm/50 AA guns (8 × 1)
- 8 × 37 mm light AA guns (4 × 2)
- 12 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns (12 × 1)
- 12 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (4 × 3)
- 1943 refit
- 8 × 203 mm/50 guns (4 × 2)
- 8 × 75 mm/50 AA guns (8 × 1)
- 8 × 40 mm AA guns (8 × 1)
- 20 × 20 mm light AA guns (16 × 1)
- Armour
- Magazine box 30 mm sides and 20 mm crowns
- Deck 30 mm
- Turrets and conning tower 30 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 2 FBA 17 and CAMS 37A (superseded by GL-810 then Loire-Nieuport 130
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French cruiser Duquesne (1925) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 88962 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons