French cruiser Duquesne (1876)

	Painting of Duquesne
History
France
Name	Duquesne
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	18 June 1873
Launched	11 March 1876
Commissioned	20 January 1878
Stricken	4 December 1901
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2 March 1908
General characteristics
Class and type	Duquesne class
Displacement	5,824 t (5,732 long tons; 6,420 short tons)
Length	99.64 m (326 ft 11 in)
Beam	15.56 m (51 ft 1 in)
Draft	7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
Installed power	12 × fire-tube boilers; 7,200 ihp (5,400 kW);
Propulsion	2 × marine steam engines; 1 × screw propeller;
Sail plan	Full ship rig
Speed	16.85 knots (31.21 km/h; 19.39 mph)
Range	6,680 nautical miles (12,370 km; 7,690 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	551
Armament	7 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns; 14 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns; 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon;

Duquesne was an unprotected cruiser built for the French Navy in the 1870s, the lead ship of the Duquesne class. She was ordered in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, and was intended for use against commerce raiders, which necessitated a high top speed, heavy armament, and long cruising radius. The ship's engines proved to be very unreliable, and coupled with the high cost of operating the vessel, she proved to be a disappointment in service. As a result, she saw limited use; she had one major overseas deployment in the mid-1880s, during which time she cruised in the Pacific Ocean. She operated with the Atlantic Division in 1894 and 1895, but saw no further service. She was struck from the naval register in 1901 and was sold for scrap in 1908.

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