French cruiser Wattignies
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French cruiser Wattignies
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The French cruiser Wattignies was the lead ship of a class of two torpedo cruisers, the Wattignies class, that were built for the French Navy in the early 1890s. The ship was the first in French Navy service to mount quick-firing (QF) guns. As well as five 100 mm (3.9 in) QF guns, the cruiser was fitted with four 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes. Launched in 1891 in Cherbourg, Wattignies was commissioned into the Mediterranean Squadron as part of the reserve. The cruiser saw service in Crete from
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French Wattignies-class torpedo cruiser
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Wattignies
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2023-07-09T16:55:08Z
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