The MN Émile Bertin was a French fast light cruiser named after Louis-Émile Bertin, a 19th-century naval architect. She was designed to operate both as a minelayer and as a destroyer flotilla leader. The design was the basis for later light and heavy French cruisers, particularly the slightly larger La Galissonnière-class cruisers. This was the first French warship to use triple mountings.
Specifications[]
- Type: Light Cruiser
- Service Period: 1935-1959
- Characteristics:
- Length: 581 feet (177.09 meters)
- Beam: 52 feet (15.85 meters)
- Draught: 17.8 feet (5.43 meters)
- Displacement: 6,490 tons (Standard); 7,200 tons (Full Load); 9,350 tons (Overload)
- Crew: 711
- Propulsion: Parsons SR geared steam turbines, 6 x Penhoët boilers, 102,000 shp
- Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 34 knots (62.97 km/h)
- Armament (Original):
- 9 × 155mm/50-caliber naval guns (3×3)
- 4 x 90mm/50-caliber anti-aircraft guns (2x2)
- 8 x 37mm anti-aircraft guns (4x2)
- 8 x 13.2mm anti-aircraft guns (4x2)
- 6 x 550mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
- 200 x mines
- Armament (1943):
- 9 × 155mm/50-caliber naval guns (3×3)
- 4 x 90mm/50-caliber anti-aircraft guns (2x2)
- 16 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (4x4)
- 20 x Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons (20x1)
- 200 x mines
- Armour:
- Decks: 25 mm
- Ammunition Boxes: 30 mm
- Tower: 20 mm
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x seaplanes (removed in 1943)
- Aviation Facilities: 1 x catapult (removed in 1943)