 Sister ship Jemmapes in 1896
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| History | |
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| Name | Valmy |
| Ordered | 18 December 1889 |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Denis |
| Laid down | 1889 |
| Launched | 6 October 1892 |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1895 |
| Decommissioned | 11 October 1909 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1910 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up 20 July 1911 |
| 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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Valmy was the second member of the Jemmapes class of coastal defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Launched in 1892, the vessel joined the (Esadre du Nord Northern Squadron of the French Navy) 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 served in the Northern Squadron, which Vice Admiral Armand Bernard called, "the most homogenous and dangerous squadron that one could meet at sea". Valmy took part in a large naval exercises in 1895 and 1896 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 after 1909 and sold in 1911 to be broken up.