Operators French Navy Succeeded by Gueydon class Namesake Joan of Arc Construction started October 1896 Length 145 m | Preceded by Pothuau Name Jeanne d'Arc Laid down October 1896 Launched 1901 Weight 11,300 tons | |
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The French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc was an armoured cruiser built for the French Navy at the end of the 19th century.
In 1903, she ferried President Émile Loubet to Algeria. In 1912, she replaced the Dugay-Trouin as school ship of the École Navale, departing from the tradition of using ships of the line for this purpose.
During the First World War, she was mobilised in the Atlantic squadron, and later in the Mediterranean squadron, patrolling the Dardanelles, Suez canal, and off Syria and Anatolia.
In 1919, she was reinstated as school ship, sailing nine campaigns. She was eventually decommissioned in 1928, and struck in 1934.
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