Jeanne d'Arc was an armoured cruiser built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at the end of the 19th century, the sole ship of her class.

Completed in 1903, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (French: Escadre du Nord), although she was transferred to the reserve fleet before the end of the year.

The ship was recommissioned for a few months in mid-1905 and was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet (Escadre de Méditerranée) in mid-1906 and served as a flagship for the next several years.

A few days after she returned from her cruise, the ship was mobilised for service with the Northern Squadron as tensions rose before World War I began in August 1914.

Jeanne d'Arc was tasked to patrol the English Channel in search of contraband and German blockade runners and continued to perform that mission until March 1915 when she was transferred to the Mediterranean.

She carried up to 2,100 tonnes (2,067 long tons) of coal that gave her a range of 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km; 15,500 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

[5] Jeanne d'Arc's main armament consisted of two 40-calibre 194 mm (7.6 in) Modèle 1893 guns that were mounted in single-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.

The ship carried six Modèle 1892 torpedoes that were fitted with a 75-kilogram (165 lb) warhead and had a range of 800 metres (870 yd) at a speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph).

[12] On 14 April, Jeanne d'Arc ferried Émile Loubet, the President of France, to French North Africa before departing for Marseilles on the 29th.

Again manned for trials, the ship was assigned to the Northern Squadron, based at Brest, on 1 June and participated in exercises off the coast of Brittany over the next several months.

[13] On 26 May 1906 Captain (Capitaine de vaisseau) Émile Guépratte assumed command of Jeanne d'Arc and she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet where she became flagship of the Light Squadron (Escadre Légere).

After port visits in Tangiers, Morocco, and Gibraltar, she rendezvoused with the fleet on 12 July for the annual Grand Manoeuvres that lasted until the 28th.

After the German declaration of war on 3 August, she was assigned to patrol the western portion of the English Channel in search of blockade runners or ships carrying contraband.

[15] Shortly afterwards, she became the flagship of the Third Squadron, hoisting the flags of Vice-Admirals (Vice-Amiral) Louis Dartige du Fournet, Dominique-Marie Gauchet, and Frederic Moreau until 30 March 1916.

During this time, Jeanne d'Arc was based in Port Said, Egypt, enforcing the Allied blockade of the Turkish-owned Levantine and Aegean coasts.

After returning to France that year, the ship was replaced by the newer armoured cruiser Edgar Quinet and reduced to reserve.

She was renamed Jeanne d'Arc II in 1930 to free her name for a purpose-built training cruiser then under construction and was stricken from the list on 15 February 1933.