Armored cruiser Jeanne d"Arc. Six-gun heroine of the French Republic

This innovative six -pipe ship, built in a single copy and named after the national heroine of France, became the first major armored cruiser of the fleet of the French Republic. For her time, "Jeanne d"Arc" organically combined excellent seaworthiness with powerful booking. It was this cruiser in the main features that determined the appearance of the French armored cruiser of the second generation, the British response to it and the reaction of the rest of the sea powers. Nevertheless, the speed of Jeanne d"Arc ", despite all the efforts of the designers, turned out to be lower than the design, which did not give the superiority of superiority over the ships of the Royal Fleet. The conclusion of an agreement with Great Britain, a few years after the entry of Jeanne into operation, depreciated the numerous French armored cruisers, because for the Adriatic Sea they were too large and roads. On the eve of the First World War, the Jeanne was used as a training cruiser (so, on it