Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser

	Lamotte-Picquet at Shanghai, 1939
Class overview
Name	Duguay-Trouin class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	La Motte-Picquet class (Planned); None (actual);
Succeeded by	Jeanne d'Arc
Built	1922–1927
In service	1926–1952
In commission	1926–1952
Completed	3
Lost	2
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	7,249 tons (7,365 t) (standard); 9,350 tons (9,500 t) (full load);
Length	181.30 m (594.8 ft) overall
Beam	17.50 m (57.4 ft)
Draught	5.2 metres (17 ft)
Installed power	8 Guyot du Temple three-drum boilers; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; geared steam turbines;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	27 officers, 551 sailors
Armament	8 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/50 guns (4 × 2); 4 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 1); 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3);
Armour	Deck: 20 mm (0.79 in); Magazine box: 30 mm (1.2 in); Turrets and conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in);
Aircraft carried	2 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-812, later GL-832, later 1 Loire 130; 1 catapult;

The Duguay-Trouin-class were the first major French warships built after World War I. They were excellent steamers and proved successful and seaworthy over a quarter century of service. All three achieved 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) on trials and could easily maintain 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) in service. Twenty-year-old Duguay-Trouin could still maintain 27.7 knots (51.3 km/h; 31.9 mph) at her post-war displacement of 10,900 tons. They were fast and economical, although with a limited range. The fate of these three ships after the French surrender illustrates the dichotomy within the French armed forces at the time: one ship was interned, then joined the Free French, another twice resisted Allied bombardment and was destroyed, and the third was disarmed at a French colonial port and subsequently sunk.

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