Troude-class protected cruiser

The Troude class was a group of three protected cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1880s and early 1890s. The class, which was very similar to the preceding Forbin class, comprised Troude, Cosmao and Lalande. They were ordered as part of a fleet program that accorded with the theories of the Jeune École, which proposed a fleet based on cruisers and torpedo boats to defend France. The Troude-class cruisers were intended to serve as flotilla leaders for the torpedo boats, and they were armed with a main battery of four 138 mm (5.4 in) guns.

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1888  Wikimedia, Wikidata
3 produced, 
protected cruiser, French Navy, 

Cosmao, Forbin-class protected cruiser, Guichen, Lalande, Troude, 

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  Cosmao ⓘ
  1889 Troude-class protected cruiser

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  Lalande ⓘ
  1889 Troude-class protected cruiser

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  Troude ⓘ
  1888 Troude-class protected cruiser

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		Cosmao	Troude-class protected cruiser, protected cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Lalande	Troude-class protected cruiser, protected cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Troude	protected cruiser, Troude-class protected cruiser	Wikidata