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Protected Cruiser Jurien de la Gravière (1899)

Jurien de la Gravière (1899) France (1899) – Protected Cruiser A “tin-clad cruiser” The term was used often to describe…

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Edgar Quinet class armoured cruisers (1907)

Edgar Quinet class armoured cruisers (1907) France (1907) Edgar Quinet, Waldeck-Rousseau France’s last armoured cruisers The last French cruiser-battleships, and…

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Danton class Battleships (1909)

Danton class Battleships (1909) France (1909) Condorcet, Danton, Diderot, Mirabeau, Vergniaud, Voltaire France’s last pre-dreadnought battleships The six Dantons were…

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Seaplane Carrier La Foudre (1895)

La Foudre (1895) France (1895) – Torpedo mothership/Seaplane carrier First life: As a torpedo boat mothership The Foudre in still…

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D’Iberville class Torpedo Cruisers (1893)

D’Iberville class Torpedo Cruisers (1893) France (1893) – Casabianca, Cassini, D’Iberville The D’Iberville class in brief The three ships of…

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Dunois class Torpedo Cruisers (1897)

Dunois class Torpedo Cruisers (1897) France (1897) – Dunois, La Hire A strange mix of characteristics The Torpedo Cruiser was…

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Bretagne class Dreadnought Battleships (1914)

France (1914) – Bretagne, Provence, Lorraine France’s wartime dreadnoughts Before the war, France’s first dreadnoughts, the Courbet class, just entered…

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Courbet class Dreadnought Battleships (1911)

France (1911) – Courbet, Paris, France, Jean Bart France’s first dreadnoughts wow’s rendition of the Courbet class The Four Courbet…