Jules Michelet was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, laid down in 1904 and completed in 1908. It was a development of the Léon Gambetta class of armoured cruisers, and was the sole representativ
Jules Michelet at Tanjung Priok, Dutch East Indies, while serving as transport for the Governor-General of Indochina, 1929
The Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1902 was a medium-caliber naval gun used as the primary or secondary armament in both casemates and turrets of a number of French pre-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers durin
French cruiser Jules Michelet
…power, allowing the ship to reach a design speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph). The ship was fitted with four funnels. The main armament was four 194 mm (7.6 in) guns in twin turrets, one each fore and aft, while secondary armament was twelve 164 mm (6.5 in) guns, eight of which were in single turrets and the remaining…
A Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1902 on a center pivot mount
A twin turret aboard the French Cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau off Corfu.
Officers aboard the French Cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau.
The breech of a Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1902.