Content deleted Content added
Line 64:
[[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 des travaux|Conseil des Travaux]]}} (Council of Works) had requested designs for small but fast [[cruiser]]s of about {{cvt|2000|LT|t|lk=on|0|order=flip}} [[displacement (ship)|displacement]] that could be used as scouts for the main battle fleet. The [[unprotected cruiser]] {{ship|French cruiser|Milan||2}} was the first of the type, which was developed into the {{sclass|Forbin|cruiser|5}}-type of [[protected cruiser]]s after the {{lang|fr|Conseil}} requested light armor protection for the ships. After the first two ships were ordered, the navy requested competing proposals from private shipyards, and the design from {{lang|fr|[[Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde]]}} was selected, which became the ''Troude'' class. In total, six ships were ultimately ordered, three per class; all were very similar. All of the ships were ordered by Admiral [[Théophile Aube]], then the [[French Minister of Marine]] and an ardent supporter of the {{lang|fr|[[Jeune École]]}} doctrine; proponents of the concept favored the use of cruisers to attack an opponent's merchant shipping instead of a fleet of expensive [[battleship]]s.{{sfn|Roberts|pp=247–249}}{{sfn|Ropp|pp=129–130, 172}}
''Troude'' was {{cvt|95|m|ftin}} [[long at the waterline]], with a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{cvt|9.5|m|ftin}} and an average [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{cvt|4.27|m|0}}. She displaced {{cvt|1877|t}} as designed. Her crew amounted to 200 officers and enlisted men. The ship's propulsion system consisted of a pair of [[compound steam engine]]s driving two [[screw propeller]]s. Steam was provided by five coal-burning [[fire-tube boiler]]s that were ducted into two [[funnel (ship)|funnels]]. Her machinery was rated to produce {{convert|6300|ihp|lk=on}} for a top speed of {{convert|20.5|kn|lk=in}}. At a more economical speed of {{convert|10|kn}}, the ship could steam for {{convert|2110|nmi|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Campbell|p=310}}{{sfn|Roberts|p=249}}
| |||