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French naval battleships and battleship histories of French battleships launched from 1875 to 1900.

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NAME LAUNCH DATE FATE

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.

Colbert Class - Redoutable - Courbet Class - Amiral Duperre - Charles Martel - Carnot - Jaureguiberry - Massena - Bouvet - Charlemagne Class - Suffren - Hoche - Marceau Class - Brennus - Henry IV - Iena

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