An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the French cruiser d’Entrecasteaux executed a trial to determine the coal consumption with a horsepower of 11.000 ho. With a maximum speed of 18,7 miles, 1.647 hp and 101 rpm was the consumption below the contracted consumption. A second item reported that at the measured mile with 13.000 hp a speed of 19,13 miles was achieved. A 24 hour trial was yet to follow.(1)
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1. 1st Class protected cruiser laid down at the F.C. de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France in September 1894, launched on 12 June 1896, completed in 1899 and stricken in October 1922.
