 Amiral Aube in the roadstead of Brest, 10 July 1905
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| Name | Amiral Aube |
| Namesake | Théophile Aube |
| Builder | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire |
| Cost | FF24,336,000 |
| Laid down | February 1901 |
| Launched | 9 May 1902 |
| Completed | 1 April 1904 |
| Decommissioned | March 1920 |
| Stricken | 7 July 1922 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1924 |
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| Class and type | Gloire-class armored cruiser |
| Displacement | 9,996 t (9,838 long tons) |
| Length | 139.78 m (458 ft 7 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 20.2 m (66 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 7.55 m (24.8 ft) |
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| Propulsion | 3 shafts, 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 615 |
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The French cruiser Amiral Aube was one of five Gloire-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the early 1900s. Fitted with a mixed armament of 194-millimeter (7.6 in) and 164.7-millimeter (6.5 in) guns, the ships were designed for service with the battle fleet. Completed in 1904, Amiral Aube joined her sister ships in the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord). Unlike her sisters, the cruiser remained in the Northern Squadron until she was placed in reserve in mid-1911. The ship was reactivated at the beginning of 1914 and was assigned to the 2nd Light Squadron (2e Escadre légère), as the units based in northwestern France had been renamed, together with two of her sisters.
When World War I began in August 1914, she was assigned to patrol the English Channel to enforce the blockade of Germany. Amiral Aube was transferred to the Eastern Mediterranean in late 1915 where she patrolled off the coast of Ottoman-controlled territory. To help protect Allied shipping from German commerce raiders, the ship was transferred to the French West Indies in mid-1916. In early 1918, Amiral Aube was briefly assigned to escort convoys from the West Indies to Europe. The ship was sent to Murmansk in March to support Allied forces when they intervened in the Russian Civil War. Returning home in October, she joined her sisters in the Atlantic Division (Division de l'Atlantique) in early 1919. Amiral Aube was placed in reserve in 1920 and sold for scrap four years later.