France built a series of ironclad warships between the 1850s and 1890s; these began with the Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries built during the Crimean War, which presaged Gloire, the first sea-going ironclad to be built by any navy.

Broadside ironclads

Central battery ships

Barbette ships

Fomidable (11580 tons) next to a war antique Hellenistic-era warship (French: Quinquérème) (no sail power) (550 tons) for perspective visualizations.

Floating batteries

Casemate ironclad

Coastal defense ships

See also

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc Chesneau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Ropp, Theodore, The Development of a Modern Navy, French Naval Policy 1871–1904, pub US Naval Institute, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-141-2
  4. ^ Hovgaard, William, Modern History of Warships, originally published 1920, pub Conway, 1978, ISBN 0-85177-040-1
  5. ^ Brassey, Lord, The Naval Annual 1887, pub Griffin, 1887.
  6. ^ Brassey, Lord, The Naval Annual 1886, pub Griffin, 1886.
  7. ^ a b Page 86, Brassey, Lord, The Naval Annual 1886,
  8. ^ Described as one of the first battleships to utilize turrets in superfiring mode
  9. ^ In 1920, Henri IV became a TSF school-ship (French: navire-école)
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