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Tourville in 1929
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| Name: | Tourville |
| Namesake: | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
| Builder: | Lorient Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 14 April 1925 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1926 |
| Commissioned: | 1 December 1928 |
| Fate: | Condemned 8 March 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Duquesne-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 191 m (626 ft 8 in) overall |
| Beam: | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4-shaft Rateau-Bretagne single-reduction geared turbines; 9 Guyot boilers; 120,000 shp (89 MW) |
| Speed: | 33.75 knots (38.84 mph; 62.51 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (5,200 mi; 8,300 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 605 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 GL-812 (superseded by GL-832 then Loire-Nieuport 130, 1 catapult) |
Tourville was a French Duquesne-class heavy cruiser that served during World War II.