Talk:French cruiser Casabianca

Torpedoes?
I have construction plans of the Casabianca, and cannot find any evidence of there being torpedoes on the ship (unlike her sisters, d'Iberville and Cassini, which had very obvious torpedo launchers on the deck). Can someone tell me where the torpedo tubes were, or if they were added after the ship was laid down? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thermosnack (talk • contribs) 15:29, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I had a look in Robert's French Warships in the Age of Steam, and he's not exactly clear, but it suggests that the torpedo tubes were originally planned for all three ships, but they were deleted by 1895; since Casabianca wasn't completed until that time, I would guess that they were never actually installed. Parsecboy (talk) 15:51, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have done some investigation since then. I would assume that the Casabianca did indeed never have torpedoes. The Cassini and d'Iberville featured torpedo tubes on the deck as well as tubes fixed into the direct prow and stern above the water line. In the photo provided of Casabianca dated to around 1896, you can clearly see that there is no prow torpedo tube. If she had any deck tubes, at least one launcher would be visible to the camera on the port aft deck sponson. This, combined with the plan dated to 1895 from the French Service Historique, would suggest that she indeed never had torpedoes. I would post the relevant plan itself here but I am new to Wikipedia and do not know if that is possible Thermosnack (talk) 20:23, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Correction to my last reply: You would not actually be able to see the deck torpedo launcher as it would sit behind the gunwhale, behind the opening panels so that point is void Thermosnack (talk) 20:38, 13 June 2022 (UTC)