Mulhouse was an armoured cruiser 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...

. She was formerly the German cruiser , ceded to France as a war reparation in 1920 and commissioned as Mulhouse.

She was the first class of ship whose armour was built directly with the hull, rather than bolted to it.

She was the flagship of the 2nd squadron of Brest.