french cruiser class armored cruisers built french_navy 1890s served atlantic_ocean mediterranean far_east world war aided survivors devastating eruption island martinique spent years crete protecting french interests region early 1910s beginning war august assigned protect troop convoys french north_africa france transferred atlantic support allied operations german colony september briefly assigned support allied operations dardanelles early began patrolling greek territorial waters ship decommissioned greece beginning recommissioned end war november service black_sea returned home later reduced reserve sold scrap design description class ships designed smaller cheaper preceding armored cruiser design like older ship intended fill commerce raiding strategy ship measured meters perpendiculars beam meters forward draft meters drew meters aft displaced metric tons long tons normal load metric tons long tons deep load class cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving single propeller shaft steam engines provided belleville boilers rated total metric horsepower forced draught designed speed knots mph reached maximum speed knots mph metric horsepower sea trials september ship carried metric tons long tons short tons coal steam nautical miles speed knots mph ships class main armament consisted canon modèle guns mounted single gun turrets fore aft superstructure secondary armament comprised canon modèle guns single gun turrets broadside anti torpedo boat defense carried millimeter guns millimeter millimeter revolving hotchkiss guns armed millimeter torpedo tubes mounted broadside water class generally protected millimeters steel armor meters waterline meters centimeters tapered thickness armor ends ships millimeters curved protective deck thickness millimeters centerline increased millimeters outer edges protecting boiler rooms engine rooms magazines thin splinter deck watertight internal filled ran length ship protective deck height meters waterline ship conning tower turrets protected millimeters armor construction career named admiral laid arsenal november launched august commissioned trials april ship temporarily assigned november visit russia wife october ship steering broke october return repairs trials lasted early december officially commissioned december assigned august protected cruiser escorted armored cruiser carried president state visit russia shortly departure fractured rod port engine forced return port repairs armament trials lasted january trials completed february assigned based french october port visit manila philippines american victory returning home november damaged starboard propeller 20th suez_canal ship reached toulon 28th repair january rejoining february port visits spain portugal june rod damaged 7th began refit september lasted november modified service flagship november ship flagship cruiser division participated annual fleet maneuvers rest training british steamer collided ship lightly damaging plating armored ram june fitted november december remained dockyard january evaluate operation turrets ship assigned april visited spanish ports month devastating eruption flagship rear admiral ordered render assistance survivors remained august november rear admiral hoisted flag aboard ship spent years commissioned reduced complement assigned reserve ship reactivated late service departed toulon november accompanied sister ship arrived january nagasaki japan ran aground chinese coast ship participated unsuccessful effort rescue sister spent tour far_east showing flag russia china japan departed home april passing suez_canal accidentally collided italian steamer arriving toulon august began overhaul weeks later repeatedly delayed labor shortages dockyard finally towed dockyard french north_africa june overhaul completed january briefly assigned reserve recommissioned service crete relieved sister bay july spent years levant italo turkish war captain protested bombardment fleeing turkish troops near port october protected cruiser breach international law november ship assisted russian protected cruiser formally assigned january remained levant later year assisted salvage steamer struck turkey laid italians war march escorted william voyage albania throne ship returned april began refit lasted july world war began august assigned escort convoys morocco france general patrols sisters sent support allied campaign september bombarded small towns contribution returning home later year short assigned dardanelles squadron february ship spent time patrolling january placed reserve recommissioned november transferred constantinople assigned armored cruiser division 2nd squadron december march patrolled black_sea allied intervention took evacuation german allied troops ukraine march april crew participate mutiny occurred aboard french ships april departed sailed toulon assigned reserve arrival proposals converted accommodation ship merchant ship judged impractical stricken navy list june sold scrap year later day obsolete warships price
French cruiser Bruix