Dupleix-class cruiser

The Dupleix class was a class of three armoured cruisers of the French Navy built between 1903–1904, which served in World War I.

Ships

 * FRENCH CRUISER Dupleix was launched on 28 April 1900, and served in the Far East from 1910 and in the Mediterranean during World War I. She was decommissioned in 1919 and broken up in 1922.
 * FRENCH CRUISER Desaix was launched on 21 March 1901, and served in the Mediterranean during World War I and then in the Far East. She was decommissioned in June 1921, and broken up in 1927.
 * FRENCH CRUISER Kleber was launched on 20 September 1902, and served in the Mediterranean during World War I, seeing action at Gallipoli. She was sunk on 27 June 1917 by a mine laid by the German U-boat SM UC-61 off Brest with the loss of 42 crew.