Gueydon-class cruiser

Class overview
Name	Gueydon
Operators	French Navy
In commission	1902 - 1935
Completed	3
Lost	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	9,516 tonnes
Length	139.90 m
Propulsion	3 engines and 3 propellers, 21 500 HP
Speed	21.4 knots
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × 194mm/40 Modèle 1893 guns 8 × 163mm/45 Modèle 1893 guns 4 × 100 mm guns 16 × 47 mm guns 2 × torpedo launchers
Notes	Ships in class include: Gueydon, Montcalm, Dupetit-Thouars

The Gueydon class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1902.

Dupetit-Thouars was torpedoed and sunk in 1918. Gueydon was decommissioned in 1935 and used as accommodation at Brest, and was finally scrapped in 1942. Montcalm was decommissioned in 1926 and used as accommodation, renamed Tremintin in 1934, and was finally scrapped in 1943.

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