La Motte-Picquet-class cruiser

	Schematics of the planned La Motte-Picquet class
Class overview
Name	La Motte-Picquet class
Builders	Toulon Naval Dockyard (planned)
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Duguay-Trouin class
Planned	10
Completed	0
Cancelled	2
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	4,500 t (standard); 6,000 t (full load);
Length	138 m (452.8 ft) oa
Beam	13.8 m (45.3 ft)
Draught	4.8 m (15.7 ft)
Propulsion	4-shaft geared turbines; 4 dual-fired and 8 coal-fired boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	17 officers, 340 sailors
Armament	8 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in)/55 guns (8 × 1); 2 × 47-millimetre (1.9 in)/40 (2 × 1); 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 1);
Armour	Belt: 28 mm (1.1 in); Magazine box: 28 mm (1.1 in); Gun shields: 10 mm (0.4 in);

The La Motte-Picquet class were a planned series of light cruisers for the French Navy and named after French admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. Although designed in 1912, the scheduled construction of La Motte-Picquet was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I before the ships could be laid down. The design would be revived and used as the basis for the Duguay-Trouin class after the war. The name of the planned 1912 lead ship, would be reused by the French cruiser Lamotte-Picquet.

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