Suchet

Type:
Protected Cruiser
Class:
Suchet (Single ship class)
Builder:
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon, France
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
August 10, 1893
Keel Laid:
October 1887
Completed:
1894
Fate:
Scrapped after 1906.

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
318' 3"
Engines:
2 Horizontal triple expansion (a)
Beam:
39' 4"
Boilers:
12 Belleville (b)
Draft:
20'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,362
HP:
9,500
Speed:
20.4 knots
Crew:
335
Range:
4,000 NM @ 10 knots
Notes
(a):
Another source indicates the ship fitted with horizontal compound type.
(b):
Another source indicates the ship was fitted with Lagrafel d'Allest boilers.

Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
6
164.7mm/30 (4")
Single mounts
Later replaced with Quick-firer
4
100mm/45 (3.9")
Single mounts
M1891-93
8
47mm/40 (3 pounder)
Single mounts
M1885
8
37mm/20 (1 pounder)
Single mounts
Hotchkiss revolving cannon
7
350mm (14")
Torpedo tubes
1 submerged (bow)
6 above water (beam)


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published June 8, 2019