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JULES MICHELET (Fr.)

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:31 pm
by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
Built in 1904-'08 at Lorient naval dockyard, launched in August '05, commissioned in November '08.
Cruiser, displacement:12,550 tons, L:148m. B:21.40m. Draft:8.20m. 20 boilers, 3 steam engines:29,000 hp. 3 shafts, 22.5 kn. complement:825.
Armament:4-194 mm./50, 12-163 mm./45, 22-47 mm. 2 torpedo tubes:450 mm.
1912-'13 in West Indies, 03-'14 - 04-'15 1st Light Division, Otranto, Montenegro and Tunisia.
04-'15 - 08-'17 flagship of the 2nd Division, 01-'16 evacuation of the Serbian Army, 08-'17 - 06-'19 assigned to the 1st Division, Greece and in the Black Sea.
12-'18 with French troops from Odessa back home, 07-'19 - 03-'20 2nd Division, 2nd Squadron.
On 01-07-'20 in reserve in Toulon, '22 back in service in the Far East, '29 layd up, '31 targetship, '37 sunk by the submarine THETIS.
(the small ship alongside her is the MORTIER, no info yet)

(France 2017, lettre verte, 20 gr. StG.?)
Internet.

Re: JULES MICHELET (Fr.)

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:22 am
by Yoshimitsu
It is good for me and many others.