French cruiser Kléber
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Kléber |
| Laid down: | April 1898 |
| Launched: | September 1902 |
| Commissioned: | 1904 |
| Fate: | Sunk 27 June 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dupleix-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,700 tonnes (7,578 long tons) |
| Length: | 130 m (426 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 17.87 m (58 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power: |
|
| Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 531 |
| Armament: |
|
Kléber was one of three Dupleix-class armoured cruisers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Kléber collided with the Royal Australian Navy troopship HMT Boorara in the Aegean Sea in July 1915, forcing Boorara to beach herself on Mudros. On 27 June 1917, Kléber struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France, with the loss of 42 of her crew.[1]
References
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
| Shipwrecks |
|
|---|---|
| Other incidents |
|
1914  1915  1916June 1915 August 1915 | |
| Shipwrecks |
|
|---|---|
| Other incidents |
|
1916 1917 1918May 1917 July 1917 | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.