French cruiser Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo in Corfu in 1916
History
France
Name	Victor Hugo
Namesake	Victor Hugo
Ordered	11 March 1901
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down	2 March 1903
Launched	30 March 1904
Commissioned	16 April 1907
Stricken	20 January 1928
Fate	Sold for scrap, 26 November 1930
General characteristics
Type	Léon Gambetta-class armored cruiser
Displacement	12,550 t (12,352 long tons)
Length	149.07 m (489 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	21.4 m (70 ft 3 in)
Draft	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Installed power	28 Belleville boilers 27,500 PS (20,226 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	734; 779 as a flagship
Armament	2 × twin 194 mm (7.6 in) guns 6 × twin, 4 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) guns 24 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 20 naval mines
Armor	Waterline belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in) Deck: 33–65 mm (1.3–2.6 in) Main-gun turrets: 138 mm (5.4 in) Conning tower: 174 mm (6.9 in)

The French cruiser Victor Hugo was the last of three Léon Gambetta-class armored cruisers built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the first decade of the 20th century. Armed with four 194-millimeter (7.6 in) guns, the ships were much larger and more powerfully-armed than their predecessors. Completed in 1907, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée).

During World War I, Victor Hugo escorted convoys as well as the capital ships of the French fleet. The ship participated in the blockade of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea until 1917 when she was reduced to reserve. Four years later, the cruiser was reactivated; she served in the Far East in 1922–1923 and went back into reserve upon her return. Victor Hugo was sold for scrap in 1930.