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List of cruisers of France

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French armoured cruiser Jules Michelet, carrying the Governor-General of French Indochina, mooring in the harbor of Tanjung Priok, Batavia, April 1929

Unprotected cruisers

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Painting of Duquesne

Torpedo cruisers

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Wattignies in the mid-1890s

Protected cruisers

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A large black ship with three masts and sail rigging sits in a harbor with several small boats alongside.
Sfax, the first French protected cruiser, early in her career
Catinat, protected cruiser, 1896-1911

Armoured cruisers

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Gloire-class cruiser seen from the Russian yacht Standart, circa 1912-13
Waldeck-Rousseau

Light cruisers

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Heavy cruisers

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Helicopter cruisers

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 30
  2. ^ a b Whitley 1999, p. 27
  3. ^ Whitley 1999, pp. 27, 29
  4. ^ Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 93
  5. ^ a b Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 224
  6. ^ Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 99
  7. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 40
  8. ^ Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 124
  9. ^ a b c Whitley 1999, pp. 43, 45
  10. ^ a b Whitley 1999, p. 43
  11. ^ Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 147
  12. ^ Whitley 1999, p. 47
  13. ^ a b Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 146
  • Jordan, John; Moulin, Jean (2013). French Cruisers 1922 – 1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-133-5.
  • Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-8740.