![]() Jeanne d'Arc at anchor
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Class overview | |
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Preceded by | Pothuau |
Succeeded by | Gueydon class |
History | |
Name | Jeanne d'Arc |
Namesake | Joan of Arc |
Ordered | 28 December 1895 |
Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
Laid down | October 1896 |
Launched | 8 June 1899 |
Commissioned | 10 March 1903 |
Renamed | Jeanne d'Arc II (1930) |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 15 February 1933 |
Nickname(s) | La Jeanne"L'étui à cigarettes" |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 July 1934 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 11,445 tonnes (11,264 long tons) |
Length | 147 m (482 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 19.42 m (63 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
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Propulsion | 3 Shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 13,500 nmi (25,000 km; 15,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 651 |
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Armour |
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Jeanne d'Arc was an armoured cruiser built for the French Navy (Marine Navale) at the end of the 19th century, the sole ship of her class. Completed in 1903, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (French: Escadre du Nord), although she was transferred to the reserve fleet before the end of the year. The ship was recommissioned for a few months in mid-1905 and was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet (Escadre de Méditerranée) in mid-1906 and served as a flagship for the next several years. Jeanne d'Arc was assigned to the reserve in mid-1908 and modified to serve as a training ship for naval cadets of the Naval Academy (École Navale). In 1912, she made the first of two lengthy training cruises.
A few days after she returned from her cruise, the ship was mobilised for service with the Northern Squadron as tensions rose before World War I began in August 1914. Jeanne d'Arc was tasked to patrol the English Channel in search of contraband and German blockade runners and continued to perform that mission until March 1915 when she was transferred to the Mediterranean. The ship was initially assigned to support French troops in the Dardanelles Campaign and then became flagship of the French ships patrolling the Levantine coast. In early 1916, Jeanne d'Arc began a lengthy refit that lasted until 1917 when she was assigned to the French West Indies. The ship was placed in reserve in 1918 and resumed her previous role as a training ship the next year. Jeanne d'Arc returned to reserve in 1928 and was struck from the Navy List in 1933 before being sold for scrap the following year.