French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1899)

	Jeanne d'Arc at anchor
Class overview
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Pothuau
Succeeded by	Gueydon class
History
Name	Jeanne d'Arc
Namesake	Joan of Arc
Ordered	28 December 1895
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	October 1896
Launched	8 June 1899
Commissioned	10 March 1903
Renamed	Jeanne d'Arc II (1930)
Reclassified	Training ship (1 May 1912–1 August 1914); (August 1919–1928);
Stricken	15 February 1933
Nickname(s)	La Jeanne"L'étui à cigarettes"
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 July 1934
General characteristics
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	11,445 tonnes (11,264 long tons)
Length	147 m (482 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	19.42 m (63 ft 9 in)
Draught	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Installed power	28,500 ihp (21,300 kW; 28,900 PS); 36 water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	3 Shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	13,500 nmi (25,000 km; 15,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	651
Armament	2 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) guns; 14 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns; 16 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in); Deck: 45–55 mm (1.8–2.2 in); Gun turrets: 161 mm (6.3 in); Barbettes: 60–140 mm (2.4–5.5 in); Conning tower: 138 mm (5.4 in);

Jeanne d'Arc was an armoured cruiser built for the French Navy (Marine Navale) at the end of the 19th century, the sole ship of her class. Completed in 1903, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (French: Escadre du Nord), although she was transferred to the reserve fleet before the end of the year. The ship was recommissioned for a few months in mid-1905 and was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet (Escadre de Méditerranée) in mid-1906 and served as a flagship for the next several years. Jeanne d'Arc was assigned to the reserve in mid-1908 and modified to serve as a training ship for naval cadets of the Naval Academy (École Navale). In 1912, she made the first of two lengthy training cruises.

A few days after she returned from her cruise, the ship was mobilised for service with the Northern Squadron as tensions rose before World War I began in August 1914. Jeanne d'Arc was tasked to patrol the English Channel in search of contraband and German blockade runners and continued to perform that mission until March 1915 when she was transferred to the Mediterranean. The ship was initially assigned to support French troops in the Dardanelles Campaign and then became flagship of the French ships patrolling the Levantine coast. In early 1916, Jeanne d'Arc began a lengthy refit that lasted until 1917 when she was assigned to the French West Indies. The ship was placed in reserve in 1918 and resumed her previous role as a training ship the next year. Jeanne d'Arc returned to reserve in 1928 and was struck from the Navy List in 1933 before being sold for scrap the following year.

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