Edgar Quinet
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Edgar Quinet was an armored cruiser of the French Navy, the lead ship of her class. She and her sister ship, Waldeck-Rousseau, were the last class of armored cruiser to be built by the French Navy. Edgar Quinet was laid down in November 1905, launched in September 1907, and completed in January 1911. Armed with a main battery of fourteen 194-millimeter (7.6 in) guns, she was more powerful than most other armored cruisers, but she had entered service more than two years after the first battlecruiser—HMS Invincible—had rendered armored cruisers obsolescent.
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French armored cruiser Edgar Quinet
French Navy,
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1907-09-21T00:00:00Z
1907-09-21T00:00:00Z
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28-7(i.e.9)-12, Toulon, l'Edgar Quinet (croiseur) - photographie de presse - Agence Rol - btv1b6921587c






