The Dupleix class was a class of three armoured cruisers of the French Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

 built between 1903-1904, which served in World War I

World War I

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was launched on 28 April 1900, and served in the Far East

Far East

The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...

 from 1910 and in the Mediterranean during World War I. She was decommissioned in 1919 and broken up in 1922. was launched on 21 March 1901, and served in the Mediterranean during World War I and then in the Far East

Far East

The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...

. She was decommissioned in June 1921, and broken up in 1927. was launched on 20 September 1902, and served in the Mediterranean during World War I, seeing action at Gallipoli. She was sunk on 27 June 1917 by a mine

Naval mine

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 laid by the German U-boat

U-boat

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off Brest with the loss of 42 crew.