French cruiser Jean de Vienne
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| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Jean de Vienne |
| Namesake | Jean de Vienne |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient |
| Laid down | 20 December 1931 |
| Launched | 31 July 1935 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1937 |
| Fate | Scuttled 27 November 1942, later transferred to Regia Marina |
| Italy | |
| Name | FR.11 |
| Acquired |
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| Fate | Bombed in Toulon 24 November 1943, scrapped August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | La Galissonnière-class cruiser |
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| Length | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Beam | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Draught | 5.35 m (17.6 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 540 |
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Jean de Vienne was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she remained with Vichy France. She was named for Jean de Vienne, a 14th-century French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years' War.