French cruiser Tourville
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.
Tourville in 1929 | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Tourville |
Namesake: | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
Builder: | Lorient Navy Yard |
Laid down: | 14 April 1925 |
Launched: | 24 August 1926 |
Commissioned: | 1 December 1928 |
Fate: | Condemned 8 March 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Duquesne-class cruiser |
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Length: | 191 m (626 ft 8 in) overall |
Beam: | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
Draught: | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion: | 4-shaft Rateau-Bretagne single-reduction geared turbines; 9 Guyot boilers; 120,000 shp (89 MW) |
Speed: | 33.75 knots (38.84 mph; 62.51 km/h) |
Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (5,200 mi; 8,300 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement: | 605 |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 GL-812 (superseded by GL-832 then Loire-Nieuport 130, 1 catapult) |
Tourville was a French Duquesne-class heavy cruiser that served during World War II.
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