French cruiser Troude

Troude
History
France
Name: Troude
Namesake: Amable Troude
Builder: Bordeau
Launched: 22 October 1888
Struck: 1907
General characteristics
Class and type: Troude-class protected cruiser
Displacement: 1960 tonnes
Length: 95 m (312 ft)
Beam: 9 m (30 ft)
Draught: 5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Installed power: 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Creusot steam engines
  • Three-masted sail plan
Speed: 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Armament:
  • 4 140 mm modèle 1881 guns
  • 4 47 mm guns
  • 20 37 mm modèle 1885
  • 4 350 mm torpedo tubes
  • 150 mines

Troude was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Amable Troude.

After her trials in 1891, Troude was sent to the Middle East, replacing Seygnelay at the station of the Levant.

In 1901, she had a major refit in Rochefort. In January 1906, she was sent to Haiti to protect French nationals during unrest in Port-au-Prince.

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