Waldeck-Rousseau |
Type: |
Armored Cruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Arsenal de Lorient Lorient, France |
Hull Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
July 31, 1905 |
Launched: |
March 4, 1908 |
Keel Laid: |
June 15, 1906 |
Completed: |
August 8, 1911 |
Fate: |
Removed from navy list June 14, 1936, hulked at Brest. Scuttled June 18, 1940 at Brest, raised and scrapped 1941-44. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
521' 4" |
Engines: |
3 vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
70' 8" |
Boilers: |
42 Niclausse (coal fired) |
Draft: |
27' 6" |
Shafts: |
3 |
Displacement: |
14,100 std. |
SHP: |
36,000 |
Speed: |
23 knots |
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Crew: |
892 |
Range: |
6,560 NM @ 10 knots |
Main Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
14 |
7.6"/50 (194mm) Model 1902 |
2 twin turrets 10 single mounts |
28,390 yards @ 45° (16.1 miles) with a 197.3 lb. armor piercing shell |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 14, 2007 |