.jpg) Jemmapes in 1892
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| History | |
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| Name | Jemmapes |
| Ordered | 18 December 1889 |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Denis |
| Laid down | 26 December 1889 |
| Launched | 27 April 1892 |
| Commissioned | 4 March 1895 |
| Decommissioned | 22 March 1910 |
| Stricken | 3 August 1910 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up 5 November 1927 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Jemmapes-class coastal defense ship |
| Displacement | 6,579 t (6,475 long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 89.6 m (294 ft 0 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 17.48 m (57 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 6.71 m (22.0 ft) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 2,667 nmi (4,939 km; 3,069 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 299 |
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Jemmapes was the lead ship of a class of two coastal defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Launched in 1892, the vessel joined the Northern Squadron of the French Navy (Esadre du Nord) at Brest. Armed with a main armament of two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns, the vessel was designed within the principles of the Jeune École. The ship joined the Northern Squadron, which was called, "the most homogenous and dangerous squadron that one could meet at sea". Jemmapes took part in a large naval exercise in 1895 but otherwise had an uneventful career as French naval doctrine moved from a fleet of smaller coastal defense ships to larger ocean-going battleships. The ship was decommissioned in 1910 and served as a hulk before being sold in 1927 to be broken up.