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French naval battleships and
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| NAME |
LAUNCH
DATE |
FATE |
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Gloire
Class Broadside Ironclads |
| Gloire |
24th November 1859 |
Stricken 1879 |
| Invincible |
4th April 1861 |
Stricken 1872 |
| Normandie |
10th March 1860 |
Stricken 1871 |
|
Couronne
Broadside Ironclad |
| Couronne |
28th March 1861 |
Hulked 1910 |
|
Magenta
Class Broadside Ironclads |
| Magenta |
22nd June 1861 |
Sunk by internal explosion 21st October 1875 |
| Solferino |
24th June 1861 |
Stricken 1882 |
|
Provence
Class Broadside Ironclads |
| Flandre |
12th June 1864 |
Stricken 1886 |
| Gauloise |
26th April 1865 |
Stricken 1883 |
| Guyenne |
6th September 1865 |
Stricken 1882 |
| Magnanime |
19th August 1864 |
Stricken 1882 |
| Provence |
29th October 1863 |
Stricken 1884 |
| Revanche |
28th December 1865 |
Scrapped 1893 |
| Savoie |
29th September 1863 |
Stricken 1888 |
| Surveillante |
18th August 1864 |
Stricken 1890 |
| Valeureuse |
18th August 1864 |
Stricken 1886 |
| Heroine |
10th December 1863 |
Hulked 1894 |
Ocean
Class
Central Battery Ships
|
| Ocean |
15th October 1868 |
Stricken 1894 |
| Marengo |
4th December 1869 |
Sold 1896 |
| Suffren |
26th December 1870 |
Stricken 1897 |
Friedland
Central Battery Ship
|
| Friedland |
25th October 1873 |
Stricken 1902 |
Richelieu
Central Battery Ship
|
| Richelieu |
3rd December 1873 |
Sold 1901 |
Colbert
Class Central Battery Ships View Class
|
| Colbert |
16th September 1875 |
Stricken 1900 |
| Trident |
9th November 1876 |
Hulked 1904 |
Redoutable
Central Battery Ship
|
| Redoutable |
September 1876 |
Stricken 1910 |
Courbet Class
Central Battery Ships
View Class
|
| Courbet |
April 1882 |
Stricken 1910 |
| Devastation |
April 1879 |
Scrapped 1922 |
|
Amiral Duperre Barbette
Ship |
| Amiral Duperre |
Sept 1879 |
Stricken 1909 |
|
Terrible Class Barbette Ships
View Class |
| Caiman |
May 1885 |
Scrapped 1927 |
| Indomptable |
Sept 1883 |
Scrapped 1927 |
| Requin |
June 1885 |
Stricken 1920 |
| Terrible |
1881 |
Stricken 1911 |
Amiral Baudin
Class Barbette Ships
View Class |
| Amiral Baudin |
June 1883 |
Hulked 1909 |
| Formidable |
April 1885 |
Stricken 1911 |
|
Hoche Turret Barbette
Ship |
| Hoche |
Sept. 1886 |
used as target 25th November 1913 |
|
Marceau Barbette Ship
Class
View
Class |
| Magenta |
April 1890 |
Stricken 1910 |
| Marceau |
May 1887 |
Scrapped 1922 |
| Neptune |
May 1887 |
Stricken 1913 |
|
Brennus Turret
Battleship |
| Brennus |
October 1891 |
Scrapped 1922 |
|
Charles Martel
Battleship
|
| Charles Martel |
August 1893 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
Carnot Battleship
|
| Carnot |
July 1884 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
Jaureguiberry
Battleship
|
| Jaureguiberry |
Nov 1893 |
Scrapped 1934 |
|
Massena Battleship
|
| Massena |
July 1895 |
Hulked 1915 |
|
Bouvet Battleship
|
| Bouvet |
27th May 1896 |
Sunk 18th March 1915, hit a mine of the Dardanelles,
capsized and sank within 2 minutes with the loss of 660 |
|
Charlemagne Class
View Class
|
| Charlemagne |
17th October 1895 |
Scrapped sometime after 1920. |
| Gaulois |
8th October 1896 |
Sunk on 27th December 1916. |
| St Louis |
8th September 1896 |
Scrapped in 1933. |
| |
| Henri IV |
23rd August 1899 |
Scrapped sometime after 1921. |
| |
| Iena |
1st September 1898 |
Sunk after explosion on board on 12th March 1907. |
| |
| Suffren |
25th July 1899 |
Served in Dardanelles campaign on 18th March 1915 and
took severe damage but was repaired only to be sunk by U52 on 26th
November 1916. |
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