For other ships of the same name, see French ship Colbert.
| French cruiser Amiral Aube | |
|---|---|
 Sister ship Gloire in 1913 | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Amiral Aube |
| Namesake: | Théophile Aube |
| Builder: | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1899 |
| Launched: | 9 May 1902 |
| Completed: | 17 April 1904 |
| Struck: | 4 April 1922 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 15 September 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gloire-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9,534 metric tons (9,383 long tons) |
| Length: | 139.8 m (458 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 20.2 m (66 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
| Installed power: | 20,500 ihp (15,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
3 shafts, 3 vertical triple-expansion steam engines 28 water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 612 |
| Armament: |
2 × 1 - 194 mm (7.6 in)/45 guns |
| Armor: |
Harvey armor Belt: 106–170 mm (4.2–6.7 in) Gun turrets: 173 mm (6.8 in) Bulkheads: 102–127 mm (4.0–5.0 in) Deck: 45–63 mm (1.8–2.5 in) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
The French cruiser Amiral Aube was an armored cruiser of the Gloire class that was built for the French Navy in the early 1900s.
Design and description[]
Right elevation and plan of the Gloire-class armored cruisers
The Gloire-class ships were designed as enlarged and improved versions of the Dupleix-class armored cruisers by Emile Bertin.[1]
Notes[]
- ↑ French Armored Cruiser Sully, pp. 324, 326
References[]
- "French Armored Cruiser Sully". Toledo, OH: Naval Records Club. 1968. pp. 324–26.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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