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French battleship Amiral Duperré (1879)
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The Amiral Duperré was an early battleship 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...
. She was the first barbette
Barbette
A barbette is a protective circular armour feature around a cannon or heavy artillery gun. The name comes from the French phrase en barbette referring to the practice of firing a field gun over a parapet rather than through an opening . The former gives better angles of fire but less protection...
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 December 1906, she was used as a target. She was eventually broken up in 1909.
The Amiral Baudin class
Amiral Baudin class battleship
The Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy.-Design and history:They were built on a design similar to that of Amiral Duperré, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only....
was largely designed by elaborating on her layout.