Английская Википедия:Gueydon-class cruiser
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The Gueydon-class cruiser was a three-ship class of armored cruisers built in the first decade of the twentieth century for the French Navy (Шаблон:Lang).
Design and description
Designed by the naval architect Emile Bertin, the Gueydon-class ships were intended to be smaller and cheaper than the preceding armored cruiser design, Шаблон:Ship.[1] Like the older ship, they were intended to fill the commerce-raiding strategy of the Jeune École. The ships measured Шаблон:Convert long overall with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and had a maximum draft of Шаблон:Convert. They displaced Шаблон:Convert. They had a crew of 566 officers and enlisted men.[2]
The Gueydon class had three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single propeller shaft. Steam for the engines was provided by 20 or 28 boilers and they were rated at a total of Шаблон:Convert that gave them a speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ships carried up to Шаблон:Convert of coal and could steam for Шаблон:Convert at a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[1]
The ships of the Gueydon class had a main armament that consisted of two 40-caliber [[Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1893-1896|Шаблон:Convert]] guns that were mounted in single gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their secondary armament comprised eight 45-caliber quick-firing (QF) [[Canon de 164 mm Modèle 1893|Шаблон:Convert]] guns in casemates. For anti-torpedo boat defense, they carried four 45-caliber QF [[Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891|Шаблон:Convert]] guns on the forecastle deck, ten QF [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|Шаблон:Convert]] and four QF Шаблон:Convert Hotchkiss guns. They were also armed with two submerged Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes.[1][2]
The Harvey armor belt of the Gueydon-class cruisers extended from Шаблон:Convert below the waterline to the main deck. It reached the upper deck for a length of Шаблон:Convert from the bow and covered the entire length of the ship except for Шаблон:Convert of the stern where it ended in a transverse bulkhead Шаблон:Convert thick. The lower strake of armor was generally Шаблон:Convert thick, although it reduced to Шаблон:Convert forward, Шаблон:Convert aft, and thinned to Шаблон:Convert at its lower edge. The upper strake of armor had thicknesses of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert between the main and upper decks.[1][2]
The curved lower protective deck ranged in thickness from 2 to 2.2 inches. In addition there was a light armor deck Шаблон:Convert thick at the top of the lower armor strake. A watertight internal cofferdam, filled with cellulose, stretched between these two decks. The gun turrets were protected by Шаблон:Convert armor and had roofs Шаблон:Convert thick. Their ammunition hoists had 2 inches of armor and the 100-millimeter guns were protected by gun shields. The sides of the conning tower were 160 millimeters thick. The forward end of the casemate compartment was closed off by a Шаблон:Convert bulkhead and a Шаблон:Convert bulkhead extended down to the lower deck at the rear end of the compartment.[1][2]
Ships
| Name | Builder[3] | Laid down[3] | Launched[3] | Commissioned[3] | Fate[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Ship | Arsenal de Lorient | 13 August 1898 | 20 September 1899 | 1 September 1903 | Sunk by aircraft, 27 August 1944 |
| Шаблон:Ship | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer | 27 September 1898 | 27 March 1900 | 20 March 1902 | Sunk by aircraft, 16 August 1944 |
| Шаблон:Ship | Arsenal de Toulon | 17 April 1899 | 5 July 1901 | 28 August 1905 | Torpedoed and sunk by Шаблон:SMU, 8 August 1918 |
References
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