French cruiser Jean de Vienne

	General layout of a La Galissonnière-class cruiser
History
France
Name	Jean de Vienne
Namesake	Jean de Vienne
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down	20 December 1931
Launched	31 July 1935
Commissioned	10 February 1937
Fate	Scuttled 27 November 1942, later transferred to Regia Marina
Italy
Name	FR.11
Acquired	November 1942; 18 February 1943 (raised);
Fate	Bombed in Toulon 24 November 1943, scrapped August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	La Galissonnière-class cruiser
Displacement	7,600 tons (standard); 9,120 tons (full load);
Length	179 m (587 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft)
Draught	5.35 m (17.6 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft Parsons single reduction geared turbines; 4 Indret boilers; 84,000 shp (63,000 kW);
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	540
Armament	Initial; 9 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/55 guns (3 × 3); 8 × 90 mm (3.5 inch) AA (4 × 2); 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA (4 × 2); 12 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) light AA (4 × 3); 4 × 550mm (21.7 inch) torpedo tubes (2 × 2); Vichy refit (1941); 9 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/55 guns (3 × 3); 8 × 90 mm (3.5 inch) AA (4 × 2); 9 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA (4 × 2, 1 × 1); 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) light AA (1 × 2); 16 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) light AA (4 × 3, 2 × 2); 4 × 550mm (21.7 inch) torpedo tubes (2 × 2);
Armour	Main belt: 105 mm (4.1 in); End bulkheads: 30 mm (1.2 in); Sides: 120 mm; Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in); Turrets: 100 mm (3.9 in); Conning tower: 95 mm (3.7 in);
Aircraft carried	up to 4 GL-832, later 2 Loire 130 flying boats; 1 catapult;

Jean de Vienne was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she remained with Vichy France. She was named for Jean de Vienne, a 14th-century French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years' War.

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