French cruiser Gloire (1900)

Gloire at sea
History
France
Name:	Gloire
Namesake:	Glory
Builder:	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down:	5 September 1899
Launched:	27 June 1900
Commissioned:	1904
Fate:	Scrapped, 1922
General characteristics
Class and type:	Gloire-class cruiser armored cruiser
Displacement:	10,212 metric tons (10,051 long tons)
Length:	139.8 m (458 ft 8 in)
Beam:	20.2 m (66 ft 3 in)
Draft:	7.7 m (25 ft)
Installed power:	20,500 ihp (15,300 kW) 28 Niclausse boilers
Propulsion:	3 Shafts, 3 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	612
Armament:	2 × 1 - 194 mm (7.6 in)/40 guns 8 × 1 - 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 guns 6 × 1 - 100 mm (3.9 in)/45 guns 18 × 1 - 47 mm (1.9 in)/55 guns 5 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Harvey armor Belt: 106–170 mm (4.2–6.7 in) Gun turrets: 173 mm (6.8 in) Bulkheads: 102–127 mm (4.0–5.0 in) Deck: 45–63 mm (1.8–2.5 in) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)

The French cruiser Gloire was one of five Gloire-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She served in the English Channel and the Atlantic as a convoy escort during World War I.

The Gloire-class ships were designed as enlarged and improved versions of the Gueydon-class armored cruisers by Emile Bertin. Her crew numbered 612 officers and enlisted men. The ship measured 139.8 meters (458 ft 8 in) overall, with a beam of 20.2 meters (66 ft 3 in). Gloire had a draft of 7.7 meters (25 ft 3 in) and displaced 10,212 metric tons (10,051 long tons).

The ship had three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. The engines were rated at a total of 20,500 indicated horsepower (15,300 kW), using steam provided by 28 Niclausse boilers. She had a designed speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph). She carried up to 1,590 long tons (1,620 t) of coal and could steam for 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

Gloire's main armament consisted of two 194 mm (7.6 in) guns mounted in single-gun turrets fore and aft. Her intermediate armament was eight 164 mm (6.5 in) guns. Four of these were in single gun turrets on the sides of the ship and the other four were in casemates. For anti-torpedo boat defense, she carried six 100 mm (3.9 in) guns in casemates and eighteen 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns. She was also armed with five 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; two of these were submerged and the others were above water.

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