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{{Short description|Protected cruiser of the French Navy}}
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|Ship name=''Troude''
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered=16 August 1886
|Ship builder=[[Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde]]
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=22 October 1888
|Ship completed=January 1891
|Ship commissioned=6 December 1888
|Ship recommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=5 February 1891
|Ship out of service=1 July 1906
|Ship renamed=
|Ship refit=
|Ship struck=
|Ship fate=[[ship breaking|Broken up]], c. 1908
}}
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|Ship class={{sclass
|Ship displacement={{cvt|
|Ship length={{cvt|95|m|ftin}} ([[long at the waterline|lwl]])
|Ship beam={{cvt|9.5|m|ftin}}
|Ship draft={{cvt|
|Ship power=
*5 × [[fire-tube boiler]]s
*{{cvt|
|Ship propulsion=
*2 × [[compound steam engine]]s
*2 × [[screw propeller]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|20.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{cvt|2110|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
|Ship complement=
|Ship armament=
*4 × {{cvt|138.6|mm}} guns
*4 × [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|{{cvt|47|mm}} guns]]
*4 × {{cvt|37|mm}} [[Hotchkiss revolver cannon]]
*4 × {{cvt|356|mm|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*150 [[naval mine]]s
|Ship armor=
*[[deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{cvt|
*[[Conning tower]]:
}}
|}
'''''Troude''''' was a [[protected cruiser]] of the French Navy, the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Troude|cruiser|4}}. The [[ship class|class]] was built as part of a construction program intended to provide scouts for the main battle fleet. They were based on the preceding {{sclass|Forbin|cruiser|4}}, the primary improvement being the addition of armor to the [[conning tower]]. ''Troude'' was built in the 1880s and was completed in late 1890. She was armed with a [[main battery]] of four {{cvt|138|mm}} guns, protected with an armor deck that was {{cvt|1.6|in|order=flip}} thick, and had a top speed of {{convert|20.5|kn|lk=in}}.
''Troude'' spent most of the 1890s in the [[Mediterranean Squadron (France)|Mediterranean Squadron]], and in 1897, she was transferred to the Levant Division. There, she briefly served as the divisional [[flagship]] and later took part in the international intervention in the [[Cretan Revolt (1897-1898)|Cretan Revolt]] in 1897–1898. By 1901, ''Troude'' was in [[reserve fleet|reserve]], but she was reactivated in 1903 for a tour with the Atlantic Squadron. She patrolled fisheries off the coast of North America in 1904 before returning to the Atlantic Squadron in 1905. She was struck from the [[naval register]] in 1907 or 1908 and thereafter [[ship breaking|broken up]] for [[scrap]].
==Design==
{{main|Troude-class cruiser}}
[[File:Troude-class cruiser plan and profile.jpg|thumb|left|Plan and profile drawing of the ''Troude'' class]]
Beginning in 1879, the [[French Navy]]'s {{lang|fr|[[Conseil
''Troude'' was {{cvt|95|m|ftin}} [[long at the waterline]], with a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{cvt|9.5|m|ftin}} and
The ship was armed with a [[main battery]] of four {{cvt|138.6|mm}} 30-[[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns in individual
===Modifications===
''Troude'' underwent a series of alterations during her career, primarily focused on updating her armament. In 1893–1894, ''Troude'' had her cofferdam replaced by a layer of highly sub-divided [[watertight compartment]]s that covered the entire width of the deck. A number of other changes were also carried out, including reinforcing the sponsons for the main battery guns, altering the sailing rig, and converting the main battery to [[quick-firing gun]]s (QF). The latter consisted of converted M1881/84 pattern guns. After November 1895, the bow torpedo tubes were removed. Her sailing rig was reduced in 1902. The light armament was standardized to nine 47 mm guns by 1904, and the remaining torpedo tubes were removed. By this time, her displacement had increased to {{cvt|2025|t}} at [[full load]].{{sfn|Roberts|p=249}}
==Service history==
[[File:Balearic Sea map.png|thumb|left|Map of the western Mediterranean, where ''Troude'' operated for much of her career]]
The contract for ''Troude'' was
By 1893, the unit also included several modern [[ironclad warship]]s, the [[armored cruiser]] {{ship|French cruiser|Dupuy de Lome||2}}, and four other protected cruisers, {{ship|French cruiser|Amiral Cécille||2}}, {{ship|French cruiser|Jean Bart||2}}, and her [[sister ship]]s {{ship|French cruiser|Cosmao|1889|2}} and {{ship|French cruiser|Lalande||2}}.{{sfn|Brassey 1893|p=70}} ''Troude'' was refitted extensively between OCtober 1893 and May 1894.{{sfn|Roberts|p=249}} By 1895, she had returned to the unit, by which time the fleet's cruiser division consisted of ''Troude'', ''Lalande'', ''Cosmao'', and the protected cruisers {{ship|French cruiser|Tage||2}}, and {{ship|French cruiser|Suchet||2}}.{{sfn|Brassey 1895|p=50}} She took part in the fleet maneuvers that year, which began on 1 July and concluded on the 27th. She was assigned to "Fleet B", which along with "Fleet A" represented the French fleet, and was tasked with defeating the hostile "Fleet C", which represented the Italian fleet.{{sfn|Gleig|pp=195–196}}
==Notes==
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|oclc=496786828
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRUuAAAAYAAJ
|ref={{sfnRef|Brassey 1893}}
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|ref={{sfnRef|Brassey 1895}}
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhYAAAAAMAAJ
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* {{cite journal
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|pages=61–71
|oclc=496786828
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0o9IAQAAMAAJ
|ref={{sfnRef|Brassey 1896}}
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|pages=57–68
|oclc=496786828
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pBIAQAAMAAJ
|ref={{sfnRef|Brassey 1903}}
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* {{cite book
| last = Campbell
| first = N. J. M.
| chapter = France
| pages = 283–333
| editor1-last = Gardiner
| editor1-first = Robert
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| location = London
| isbn = 978-0-85177-133-5
| ref = {{sfnRef|
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2
}}
* {{cite
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|title=Naval Notes: France
|editor2-last=Gray▼
|journal=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
|editor2-first=Randal▼
|date=September 1899
|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921▼
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|number=259
|location=Annapolis▼
|location=London
|publisher=Naval Institute Press▼
|publisher=J. J. Keliher & Co.
|isbn=978-0-87021-907-8▼
|pages=1024–1027
|oclc=1077860366
| ref = {{sfnRef|Gardiner & Gray}}▼
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BgmAQAAIAAJ
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|ref={{sfnRef|Gleig}}
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* {{cite journal
|title=Naval Notes: France
|journal=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
|date=September 1898
|volume=XLII
|number=247
|location=London
|publisher=J. J. Keliher & Co.
|pages=1091–1094
|oclc=1077860366
|ref={{sfnRef|Naval Notes: France}}
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* {{cite journal
|editor-last=Robinson
|editor-first=Charles
|journal=[[The Navy and Army Illustrated]]
|title=The Fleets of the Powers in the Mediterranean
|pages=186–187
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|ref={{sfnref|Robinson}}
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|last=Roberts
|first=Stephen
|title=French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914
|year=2021
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|publisher=Seaforth
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* {{cite book
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|first=Adam
|chapter=France
|pages=190–220
|editor1-last=Gardiner
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▲ |editor2-last=Gray
▲ |editor2-first=Randal
|year=1985
▲ |location=Annapolis
▲ |publisher=Naval Institute Press
▲ |isbn=978-0-87021-907-8
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