French cruiser Duguay-Trouin (1923)

Duguay-Trouin was a Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1923. The ship was named after René Duguay-Trouin. Arsenal de Brest laid her keel on 4 August 1922. She entered service on 2 November 1926, having been launched on 14 August 1923.

Her class ran to three ships. The class followed the La Motte-Picquet-class cruiser and was succeeded by the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930).

She displaced 7,249 long tons standard and 9,350 long tons at full load. She measured 181.3 m (595 ft) long with a beam of 17.5 m (57 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 578.

Her main battery was eight 155 mm (6.1 in) guns in four twin mountings. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 102,000 shp through four shafts.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 March 1952.

She was broken up for scrap.

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