French cruiser Jean de Vienne

General layout of a La Galissonnière-class cruiser
History
France
NameJean de Vienne
NamesakeJean de Vienne
BuilderArsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down20 December 1931
Launched31 July 1935
Commissioned10 February 1937
FateScuttled 27 November 1942, later transferred to Regia Marina
Italy
NameFR.11
Acquired
  • November 1942
  • 18 February 1943 (raised)
FateBombed in Toulon 24 November 1943, scrapped August 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeLa Galissonnière-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 7,600 tons (standard)
  • 9,120 tons (full load)
Length179 m (587 ft)
Beam17.5 m (57 ft)
Draught5.35 m (17.6 ft)
Propulsion
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement540
Armament
Armour
Aircraft carried

Jean de Vienne was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she remained with Vichy France. She was named for Jean de Vienne, a 14th-century French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years' War.

  1. ^ a b Whitley p. 43-45