Improved Léon Gambetta-design. Launched in 1905, completed in 1908, displacement 13.105 tons, horsepower 29.000 hp, coal fired reciprocating machinery and an armament of 4-7.6” guns, 12-6.5” guns, 18 smaller and light guns and 2 submerged torpedo tubes.
Note
1. Brassey‘s naval and shipping annual 1923. Displacement 13.370 tons and as dimensions 489½ x 70¼ x 27 feet. Horsepower 27.700 hl (Guyot). Building costs 1.204.107 pound sterling. The armour consisted of 4-6” thick belt, 2” thick deck, 3-5” side above the belt, 6” thick bulkheads and the main armament and secondary armament protected by respectively 8” and 5”. Armament consisted of 4-7.6” guns, 12-6,4” guns, 2-9pd guns and 2 submerged torpedo tubes. Speed 23,2 knots. Crew numbered 724 men,
Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands) inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.
