Of the Marceau-class with as sister ships the Magenta and the Neptune. This class was preceded by the Amiral Baudin-class and to be succeeded by the suspended Charles Martel-class. Her building at the shipyard La Seyne-sur-Mer (Lorient)was ordered on 27 December 1880, laid down on 28 November 1882, she was launched on 24 May 1887, commissioned 18 April 1891, since 1906 a torpedo training ship and during the First Second War submarine tender, decommissioned on 1 October 1920 and finally broken up in 1922. With a displacement of 10,558 tonnes were her dimensions 99 x 20 x 8,4 metres. The two steam engines and eight boilers supplied 11,000 shp allowing a speed of 16 knots. The coal bunker capacity was 670 tons. The crew numbered 651 men. The armament consisted of 4x1-34cm guns (1xbow, 1x stern and 2 on each beam), 17x1-13,8cm guns and 5-45cm torpedo tubes. The armour consisted of a 46cm thick belt, while the barbettes, deck and bridge were protected by respectively 40, 8 and 15cm thick armour.
