French cruiser Georges Leygues
Service
- as Georges Leygues15 November 1937 — 1 May 19572,193 days of the war
- Name
- Georges Leygues
- Namesake
- Georges Leygues
- Builder
- At.& Ch de St. Nazaire-Penhoet (St. Nazaire, France)
- Laid down
- 21 September 1933
- Launched
- 24 March 1936
- Commissioned
- 15 November 1937
- Decommissioned
- 1 May 1957
- Fate
- Sold for scrap in November 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,600 long tons (7,722 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 9,120 long tons (9,266 t)
- Length
- 179 m (587.3 ft)
- Beam
- 17.5 m (57.4 ft)
- Draught
- 5.35 m (17.6 ft)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 540
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Georges Leygues was a La Galissonnière-class cruiser of the Marine Nationale. She was named for Georges Leygues. Her keel was laid at At.& Ch de St. Nazaire-Penhoet (St. Nazaire, France) on 21 September 1933. She entered service on 15 November 1937, having been launched on 24 March 1936.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the French cruiser Émile Bertin and was succeeded by the French cruiser De Grasse (C610).
She displaced 7,600 long tons standard and 9,120 long tons at full load. She measured 179 m (587 ft) long with a beam of 17.5 m (57 ft). Her designed speed was 31 knots, and she carried a complement of 540.
Her main battery was nine 152 mm (6.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 105 mm (4.1 in) and her deck 38 mm.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 May 1957.
She was broken up for scrap in November 1959.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2-shaft Parsons single reduction geared turbines
- 4 Indret boilers
- 84000 shp
- Armament
- Initial
- 9 × 152 mm/55 guns (3 × 3)
- 8 × 90 mm AA (4 × 2)
- 8 × 37 mm light AA (4 × 2)
- 12 × 13.2 mm light AA (4 × 3)
- 4 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 2)
- Vichy refit (1941)
- 9 × 152 mm/55 guns (3 × 3)
- 8 × 90 mm AA (4 × 2)
- 9 × 37 mm light AA (4 × 2, 1 × 1)
- 2 × 25 mm light AA (1 × 2)
- 16 × 13.2 mm light AA (4 × 3, 2 × 2)
- 4 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 2)
- Allies refit (1943)
- 9 × 152 mm/55 guns (3 × 3)
- 8 × 90 mm) AA (4 × 2)
- 24 × 40 mm AA (6 × 4)
- 16 × 20 mm light AA (1 × 16)
- 4 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 2)
- Armour
- Main belt: 105 mm
- End waterline bulkheads: 60 mm
- End below waterline bulkheads: 20 mm
- Deck: 38 mm
- Turrets Face: 100 mm
- Turrets Sides and roof: 50 mm
- Tower: 95 mm
- Aircraft
- up to 4 GL-832, later 2 Loire 130 flying boats
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French cruiser Georges Leygues on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Azumazi — Own work — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons