French cruiser Marseillaise (1900)

	Marseillaise underway, 1911
History
France
Name	Marseillaise
Namesake	La Marseillaise
Builder	Arsenal de Brest
Laid down	10 January 1900
Launched	14 July 1900
Commissioned	October 1903
Stricken	1929
Fate	Broken up, December 1933
General characteristics
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)
Installed power	28 Belleville boilers; 20,500 PS (15,100 kW);
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
Armament	2 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) guns; 8 × single 164.7 mm (6.5 in) guns; 6 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns; 18 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns; 5 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in); Main-gun turrets: 161 mm (6.3 in); Barbettes: 174 mm (6.9 in); Deck: 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in); Conning tower: 174 mm (6.9 in);

The French cruiser Marseillaise was one of five Gloire-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the first decade of the 20th century. 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 1903, Marseillaise joined her sister ships in the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord). She was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée) the following year where she served as a flagship, but rejoined the Northern Squadron in 1908. Together with two of her sisters, the ship returned to the Mediterranean the following year, but was assigned to the 2nd Squadron (2^e Escadre) in 1911, as the units based in northwestern France had been renamed.

When World War I began in August 1914, Marseillaise was assigned to patrol the English Channel to enforce the blockade of Germany and remained on that duty into 1915. She was transferred to the French West Indies later that year where she searched for German commerce raiders and escorted convoys for the rest of the war. The ship served in the Baltic Sea after the war and was reduced to reserve in 1921. Marseillaise was used as a gunnery training ship in 1925–1929 and was broken up in 1933.

History
Marseillaise underway, 1911
France
Name	Marseillaise
Namesake	La Marseillaise
Builder	Arsenal de Brest
Laid down	10 January 1900
Launched	14 July 1900
Commissioned	October 1903
Stricken	1929
Fate	Broken up, December 1933
General characteristics
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)
Installed power	28 Belleville boilers 20,500 PS (15,100 kW)
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
Armament	2 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) guns 8 × single 164.7 mm (6.5 in) guns 6 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 18 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 5 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in) Main-gun turrets: 161 mm (6.3 in) Barbettes: 174 mm (6.9 in) Deck: 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in) Conning tower: 174 mm (6.9 in)