French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jeanne d'Arc.
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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Jeanne d'Arc in 1935 | |
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Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | Duguay-Trouin class |
Succeeded by | Émile Bertin |
Built | 1928–1931 |
In commission | 1931–1964 |
Completed | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
History | |
France | |
Name | Jeanne d'Arc |
Namesake | Joan of Arc |
Builder | Saint-Nazaire |
Laid down | September 1928 |
Launched | 1930 |
Christened | 14 February 1930 |
Commissioned | October 1931 |
Decommissioned | 1964 |
Homeport | Toulon |
Nickname(s) | "La Jeanne" |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Training cruiser |
Displacement | 6,500 t (6,400 long tons) |
Length | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) (27.8 on trials) |
Range | 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | 2 CAMS reconnaissance airplanes (removed in 1943 refit) |
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