Amiral Baudin class battleship
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The Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleship
Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
s of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
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Design and history
French battleship Amiral Duperré (1879)
The Amiral Duperré was an early battleship of the French Navy. She was the first barbette ironclad built by France.She served in the Mediterranean squadron. On 13 December 1888, during an exercise, one of her guns exploded, killing six. She was transferred to the Northern fleet in 1898.From...
, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only.
They were upgraded with armoured masts carrying small guns.
Ships
- Amiral BaudinFrench battleship Amiral Baudin (1883)The Amiral Baudin was an early battleship of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.-External links:*...
- Builder: BrestBrest, FranceBrest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
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- Launched: 5 June 1883
- Fate: Broken up in 1910
- FormidableFrench battleship Formidable (1885)The Formidable was an Amiral Baudin-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Marine nationale .In 1890, Formidable was used to experiment captive balloons usage in the Navy. In May 1891, she became the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron. In 1898, she was transferred to the Atlantic squadron,...
- Builder: LorientLorientLorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...
- Ordered: 13 December 1878
- Launched: 16 April 1885
- Fate: Broken up 1910