French cruiser Primauguet (1882)

Primauguet was an unprotected cruiser of the Lapérouse class built for the French Navy in the 1870s and 1880s. She was originally named Monge, but was renamed during construction. The ship was intended to serve abroad in the French colonial empire, and was ordered to strengthen the fleet after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. To allow the ship to cruise for long distances, she was fitted with a full ship rig to supplement her steam engine, and she carried a main battery of fifteen 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns. Her top speed under steam was 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

Primauguet was initially sent to join the Far East Squadron during the Sino-French War, but she arrived shortly before the end of the conflict and did not see action. In the early 1890s, the ship was stationed in Brest, France. In 1894, she was sent to the Indian Ocean division, where she became the flagship. She participated in the Second Madagascar expedition that began later that year. She supported French troops fighting on the island until the Merina government surrendered. Primauguet returned to France after the war ended in 1896; a refit scheduled for 1898 was cancelled and the ship was instead removed from service in 1901. Converted into a mooring hulk, she lingered on in the navy's inventory until 1907, when she was sold to ship breakers.