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'''''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]].
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