French cruiser Montcalm (1900)
A French postcard of Montcalm at speed | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Montcalm |
| Namesake | Louis-Joseph de Montcalm |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée |
| Laid down | 27 September 1898 |
| Launched | 27 March 1900 |
| Commissioned | 24 March 1902 |
| Renamed | Trémintin, 26 September 1934 |
| Reclassified | Accommodation ship, 28 October 1928 |
| Stricken | 28 October 1926 |
| Fate | Sunk 16 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gueydon-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 9,177 tonnes (9,032 long tons) |
| Length | 137.97 m (452 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 19.38 m (63 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 7.67 m (25 ft 2 in) |
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| Propulsion | 3 Shafts, 3 vertical triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 566 |
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Montcalm was a Gueydon-class armoured cruiser built for the French Navy in the 1890s. The ship saw service during World War I in the Pacific. Following the war, Montcalm was used as an accommodation ship. In 1934, the vessel was renamed Trémintin and was sunk during World War II by British aircraft.