Name Kléber Commissioned 1904 Construction started April 1898 Length 130 m | Laid down April 1898 Fate Sunk 27 June 1917 Launched September 1902 Weight 7,700 tons | |
Class and type Dupleix-class armoured cruiser Displacement 7,700 tonnes (7,578 long tons) | ||
Kléber was one of three Dupleix-class armoured cruisers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Kléber collided with the Royal Australian Navy troopship HMT Boorara in the Aegean Sea in July 1915, forcing Boorara to beach herself on Mudros. On 27 June 1917, Kléber struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France, with the loss of 42 of her crew.
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