An item referred to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the trials of the French armoured cruiser Pothuau (1) were very satisfying. During a 21 hours trial developed she a horsepower of 6.845 ihp achieving a speed of 17,787 miles with an actual coal consumption of 0,791 kilo/ihp/hour in stead of the calculated 0,8-9,85 kilo.
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1. Laid down at the shipyard F.C. de la Méditerranée in January 1893, launched in September 1895. Completed in January 1897 and finally stricken in 1929. Preceded by the Amiral Charner class and succeeded by the Jeanne d’Arc.
