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Thursday 13 July 2017

French heavy cruiser Tourville visited the Dutch East Indies in 1929


An item reported that the French cruiser Tourville visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Surabaya between 28 September-2 October 1929, Semarang between 304 October 1929 and Tandjong Priok between 5-12 October 1929.

Note
The Duquesne-class consisting of the Duquesne and Tourville, preceded by the Duguay Trouin-class and succeeded by the Suffren-class. Lightly built, hardly protected by armour but seaworthy good steamers able to maintain a huge speed of 30 knots even with just half power. 1. Duquesne-class consisted of the Duquesne and Tourville, preceded by the Duguay-Trouin class and succeeded by the Suffren class. Laid down at the Lorient Navy Yard, France on 14 April 1925, launched on 24 August 1926, commissioned on 1 December 1928 and condemned on 8 March 1962.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1929-1930.