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Catinat was the lead ship of the Шаблон:Sclass of protected cruisers built for the French Navy in the 1890s. The Catinat-class cruisers were ordered as part of a construction program directed at strengthening the fleet's cruiser force at a time the country was concerned with the growing naval threat of the Italian and German fleets. The new cruisers were intended to serve with the main fleet and overseas in the French colonial empire. Catinat was armed with a main battery of four [[Canon de 164 mm Modèle 1893|Шаблон:Cvt guns]], was protected by an armor deck that was Шаблон:Cvt thick, and was capable of steaming at a top speed of up to Шаблон:Convert.

Completed in 1898, Catinat initially served with the Northern Squadron, where she conducted training exercises with the rest of the unit. She served in the unit for less than a year before being reduced to the reserve fleet. She was assigned to the Indian Ocean by 1901, remaining there for the next several years. By 1906, she had been transferred to France's colonies in the Pacific. Her career overseas was uneventful, and by 1911, she was struck off the naval register and thereafter sold for scrap.

Design

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In response to a war scare with Italy in the late 1880s, the French Navy embarked on a major construction program in 1890 to counter the threat of the Italian fleet and that of Italy's ally Germany. The plan called for a total of seventy cruisers for use in home waters and overseas in the French colonial empire. The Catinat class was ordered as part of the program,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn and they were based on the earlier Шаблон:Sclass. Catinat and Шаблон:Ship were poorly ventilated for vessels that were intended on lengthy voyages in the overseas empire.Шаблон:Sfn

Catinat was Шаблон:Cvt long overall, with a beam of Шаблон:Cvt and a draft of Шаблон:Cvt. She displaced Шаблон:Cvt. Her crew numbered 399 officers and enlisted men. The ship's propulsion system consisted of a pair of triple-expansion steam engines driving two screw propellers. Steam was provided by sixteen coal-burning Belleville-type water-tube boilers that were ducted into two funnels. Her machinery was rated to produce Шаблон:Convert for a top speed of Шаблон:Convert, though she exceeded this speed on sea trials.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She had a cruising range of Шаблон:Convert at a speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn

The ship was armed with a main battery of four [[Canon de 164 mm Modèle 1893|Шаблон:Cvt guns]]. They were placed in individual sponsons clustered amidships, two guns per broadside. These were supported by a secondary battery of ten [[Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891|Шаблон:Cvt guns]], which were carried in sponsons, casemates, and pivot mounts. For close-range defense against torpedo boats, she carried ten [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|Шаблон:Cvt 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns]] and four [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|Шаблон:Cvt 1-pounder guns]]. She was also armed with two Шаблон:Cvt torpedo tubes in her hull above the waterline. Armor protection consisted of a curved armor deck that was Шаблон:Cvt thick, along with Шаблон:Cvt plating on the conning tower.Шаблон:Sfn

Service history

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Postcard depicting Catinat

The contract for the ship was awarded to the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée shipyard in Le Havre on 14 February 1894, with delivery due by February 1897. Work on Catinat began with her keel laying later that month. She was launched on 8 October 1896 and was moved to Cherbourg, where she was commissioned to begin sea trials six days later. These lasted until 27 Mar 1898, when she was placed in full commission for active service. She then sailed to Brest on 1 June to join the Шаблон:Lang (Northern Squadron), where she replaced the cruiser Шаблон:Ship.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Catinat entered service in time to participate in the annual fleet maneuvers with the Northern Squadron in July and August 1898. The exercises took part in three stages; the first, a simulated blockade of the Baie de Douarnenez ended in the squadron's failure to contain the cruiser Шаблон:Ship and nine torpedo boats. The second consisted of an attack on the fortifications of Brest, and the third saw the fleet conduct an amphibious assault near Douarnenez.Шаблон:Sfn While cruising off Boulogne on 17 August, the coastal defense ship Шаблон:Ship ran aground and Catinat, the next vessel astern, was unable to turn in time to avoid colliding with her. Neither ship was seriously damaged in the accident, however, and Valmy was quickly re-floated.Шаблон:Sfn

Catinat initially remained assigned to the Northern Squadron in 1899. The unit was based in the English Channel, and at that time it consisted of six of the French Navy's older ironclads, a pair of armored cruisers, the protected cruiser Surcouf, and three smaller cruisers.Шаблон:Sfn CatinatШаблон:'s tenure in the unit was brief, as she was reduced to the 2nd category of reserve by March, less than a year after completing her trials.Шаблон:Sfn

By January 1901, Catinat had been reactivated and assigned to the Naval Division of the Indian Ocean, which also included the unprotected cruisers Шаблон:Ship and Шаблон:Ship and the gunboat Шаблон:Ship.Шаблон:Sfn Catinat served as the flagship on the unit, which was stationed in Madagascar.Шаблон:Sfn She remained on the station in 1902 in company with the cruiser Шаблон:Ship.Шаблон:Sfn By 1903, Catinat returned to France and was again placed in reserve for an overhaul at Lorient. The ship was left there idle for some twenty-seven months.Шаблон:Sfn On 15 February 1905, she was recommissioned at Lorient for another tour overseas, this time to France's colonial holdings in the Pacific Ocean.Шаблон:Sfn During a tour of the region in 1906, Catinat visited San Diego, California, in the United States in July. She exchanged salutes with the coastal fortification outside the city, along with visits with the commanding officer of the fort.Шаблон:Sfn

She remained in the unit in 1907, by which time it had been amalgamated into the Far East Division, though Catinat continued to patrol France's colonies in the Pacific.Шаблон:Sfn In July, she received new funnels at Sydney, Australia, after the aft funnel nearly collapsed.Шаблон:Sfn She remained on station in the Pacific in 1908, and in the two preceding years, she steamed a total of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn That year, the independent Pacific Naval Division was reestablished, with Catinat as its flagship; the unit also included the sloop Шаблон:Ship, the gunboat Шаблон:Ship, and a pair of transports.Шаблон:Sfn After arriving back in France, Catinat was placed in special reserve at Rochefort on 29 July 1909. It was determined that repairs to the ship were too expensive, and so on 16 February 1910, she was decommissioned. She was struck from the naval register on 3 August and was subsequently sold to ship breakers on 17 July 1911.Шаблон:Sfn

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