French cruiser Fleurus
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French cruiser Fleurus
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The French cruiser Fleurus was a torpedo cruiser of the Wattignies class that were built for the French Navy in the early 1890s. The ship had a main battery of five 100 mm (3.9 in) quick-firing guns, complemented by lighter guns and four 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes. Launched in 1891 in Rochefort, Fleurus was commissioned into the Mediterranean Squadron as part of the reserve. Trials demonstrated problems with the Admiralty boilers which, despite being replaced twice, meant that the ship was not
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French Navy's Wattignies-class torpedo cruiser
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Fleurus
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2023-09-18T07:48:43Z
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