Laid down at the arsenal de Brest, France on 15 January 1901, launched on 26 October 1902, commissioned on 1 September 1903 during a trial in December 1903 was she heavily damaged when she struck she a rock off Brest, repairs completed in mid 1904 and sunk by the Austrian submarine U-5 on 27 April 1915 south of the Strait of Otranto between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
Displacement 12.400 tonnes/12.204 long tons and as dimension 146,45 x 21,41 x 8,05 metres or 480.6 x 70.3 x 26.5 feet. The three vertical triple expansion engines and 28 Niclausse boilers supplied 28.500 ihp allowing a speed of 22,5 knots. Her crew numbered 728-821 men. The armour of Krupp steel consisted of a 2,8-6” belt with the gun turrets and conning tower protected by 8”. The armament consisted of 2x2-19,3cm/7.6” gun s, 4x1&6x2-6,5”/16,4cm guns, 24x1-3pd guns and 2x46cm/18” submerged torpedo tubes. Of the Léon Gambetta-class with as sister ship Victor Hugo and Jules Ferre.
Displacement 12.400 tonnes/12.204 long tons and as dimension 146,45 x 21,41 x 8,05 metres or 480.6 x 70.3 x 26.5 feet. The three vertical triple expansion engines and 28 Niclausse boilers supplied 28.500 ihp allowing a speed of 22,5 knots. Her crew numbered 728-821 men. The armour of Krupp steel consisted of a 2,8-6” belt with the gun turrets and conning tower protected by 8”. The armament consisted of 2x2-19,3cm/7.6” gun s, 4x1&6x2-6,5”/16,4cm guns, 24x1-3pd guns and 2x46cm/18” submerged torpedo tubes. Of the Léon Gambetta-class with as sister ship Victor Hugo and Jules Ferre.
The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 7 December 1912 page 271 published several photos of the warships part off the international fleet lying off Constantinople, Turkey in 1912. The Dutch Hr.Ms. Gelderland was lying behind the Gambetta.
