French cruiser Victor Hugo

History
France
Name:	Victor Hugo
Namesake:	Victor Hugo
Builder:	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down:	March 1903
Launched:	March 1904
In service:	1907
Out of service:	1930
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type:	Léon Gambetta-class Armored cruiser
Displacement:	12,400 tonnes (12,204 long tons)
Length:	149.1 m (489 ft 2 in)
Beam:	22.5 m (73 ft 10 in)
Draft:	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	28,500 hp (21,252 kW) 28 Niclausse boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Complement:	728 men
Armament:	2 × twin 194 mm (7.6 in)/40 M1896 guns 6 × twin, 4 × single 164 mm (6.5 in)/45 M1893 guns 24 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Krupp armour Waterline belt: 2.8–6 in (71–152 mm) Gun turrets: 8 in (200 mm) Conning tower: 8 in (200 mm)

The French cruiser Victor Hugo was one of three Léon Gambetta-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

References

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
• Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.