La Motte-Picquet-class cruiser
Schematics of the planned La Motte-Picquet class | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | La Motte-Picquet class |
| Builders | Toulon Naval Dockyard (planned) |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Duguay-Trouin class |
| Planned | 10 |
| Completed | 0 |
| Cancelled | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 138 m (452.8 ft) oa |
| Beam | 13.8 m (45.3 ft) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15.7 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4-shaft geared turbines; 4 dual-fired and 8 coal-fired boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range | 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 17 officers, 340 sailors |
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The La Motte-Picquet class were a planned series of light cruisers for the French Navy and named after French admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. Although designed in 1912, the scheduled construction of La Motte-Picquet was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I before the ships could be laid down. The design would be revived and used as the basis for the Duguay-Trouin class after the war. The name of the planned 1912 lead ship, would be reused by the French cruiser Lamotte-Picquet.