Gloire-class cruiser

The Gloire ("Glory") class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.

Description and history
They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163 mm guns.

Ships

 * Gloire, launched 27 June 1900. Decommissioned in 1922 and subsequently broken up.
 * Marseillaise, launched 14 July 1900. Decommissioned in 1929 and subsequently broken up.
 * Sully, launched June 1901. Wrecked in Halong Bay, Tonkin, French Indochina, 30 September 1905.
 * Condé, launched 12 March 1902. Decommissioned in 1933 and used as a target.
 * Amiral Aube, launched 9 May 1902. Decommissioned in 1922 and subsequently broken up.