French cruiser Sully

Sully

Sister ship Gloire in 1913
History
France
Name	Sully
Namesake	Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne
Laid down	24 May 1899
Launched	4 June 1901
Completed	June 1904
Fate	Ran aground and wrecked, 7 February 1905
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 Sully was one of five armored cruisers of the Gloire class that were 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, Sully joined her sister ships in the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord), although she was transferred to the Far East shortly afterwards. The ship struck a rock in Hạ Long Bay, French Indochina in 1905, only eight months after she was completed, and was a total loss.