french cruiser armored cruiser built french_navy decade 20th century second final member class class armored cruiser built french_navy laid arsenal june launched march commissioned august armed main battery fourteen millimeter guns powerful armored cruisers entered service years battlecruiser hms invincible rendered armored cruiser proved outbreak world war joined main french fleet blockaded southern end adriatic prevent austro hungarian navy operating mediterranean october november twice attacked austro hungarian boats escaped unscathed engagements alternated southern adriatic patrols eastern mediterranean ottoman_empire joined war november war british french intervened russian civil war included major naval deployment baltic_sea included shortly arriving crew poor living conditions desire return france unrest quickly suppressed joined effort support whites ship sent french serve flagship far_east squadron remained returned france decommissioned ultimately scrapped description meters long overall beam draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons power plant consisted triple expansion engines powered coal fired boilers funnels groups engines rated indicated horsepower produced speed knots mph crew officers enlisted men armed main battery fourteen caliber guns twin gun turrets forward aft single gun turrets broadside guns mounted casemates abreast main aft conning towers close range defense torpedo boats provided battery pounder guns casemates ship hull equipped torpedo tubes submerged hull protected armored belt thick amidships gun turrets thick plating casemates marginally thinner protection main conning tower thick sides world war pounder pounder anti aircraft guns added older pounder guns removed displacement modified carry reconnaissance seaplane service history named recently deceased prime minister france ordered july laid arsenal june launched march fitting work completed time begin sea trials january acceptance trials february struck submerged object bent port propeller shaft damaged screw completed august ship powerful armored cruiser completed france entered service years british battlecruiser hms invincible rendered armored cruiser warship type lengthy construction interfered scheduled keel laying new battleship started launched entering service new cruiser assigned mediterranean_fleet based toulon world war outbreak world war august repair toulon owing grounding incident juan hurricane february work completed september end month joined french fleet blockading southern end adriatic_sea october briefly engaged austro hungarian forces fired austro hungarian boat tried torpedo engaged destroyers supported airplane broke action rejoin french fleet unsuccessfully attacked second time austro hungarian boat patrol november occasion patrolling cruiser engaged submarine forced withdraw november cruiser transferred based patrolled eastern mediterranean coast levant returned malta december resumed patrols southern adriatic early march returned april briefly patrolled southern end adriatic returning station january sister embarked contingent mountain troops seize greek island cruisers sent troops ashore night january greek officials island protested offered resistance rest war patrolled eastern mediterranean action black_sea operations starting french_navy joined allied intervention russian civil war black_sea support whites arrived early flying flag admiral april sailors aboard ship arrived france fresh crew contact russian revolutionaries crew quickly grown weary poor living conditions wanted return france days unrest suppressed returned service relieved command failing control crew vietnamese communist time serving french_navy claimed participated mutiny french records list having aboard time time crews french ships constantinople admiral refused allow join rest fleet owing crew earlier mutiny march provided gunfire support white russian forces outside british dreadnought battleship emperor india anglo french fleet evacuated white russians city peninsula later year assisted evacuation general army collection ships departed november steamed rear fleet way constantinople remained black_sea fleet continued mediterranean eventually algeria december french transport long caught fire united_states destroyer arrived scene took survivors numbered crew passengers aboard arrived shortly survivors transferred larger cruiser better accommodate rescue operations commander lieutenant commander awarded medal honor fate later served flagship french far_east squadron having left france arrived june replaced cruiser flagship served departed france having replaced light cruiser reached france july returning france decommissioned placed reserve june stricken subsequently converted hulk outside brest scuttled june brest ultimately broken scrap
French cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau