Category: WW1 French Navy
Gloire class Armoured Cruisers (1900)
Gloire class Armoured Cruisers (1900) Marine Nationale, 1899-1954: Gloire, Marseillaise, Sully, Amiral Aube, Condé The Gloire class consisted of five…
French Battleship Suffren (1899)
Suffren (1899) French Navy Pre-Dreadnought Battleship (1899-1916) Design of the class The Suffren was the last “classic” French pre-dreadnought. The…
Gueydon class Armoured Cruisers (1899)
Gueydon class Armoured Cruisers (1899) Marine Nationale, 1899-1944: Gueydon, Montcalm, Dupetit-Thouars Design development of the Gueydon class Following the success…
Jeanne d’Arc (1899)
Armoured cruiser Jeanne d’Arc Marine Nationale, 1896-1920 The cruiser “Jeanne d’Arc” was the largest French cruiser in 1899, first oceangoing…
Amiral Charner class armoured cruisers (1892)
French Armoured cruisers France (1891-1926) Admiral Charner, Bruix, Chanzy, Latouche-Tréville Follow-up cruisers of the Dupuy de Lôme. The previous Dupuy…
French Battleship Iéna (1898)
Iéna (1898) French Navy Pre-Dreadnought Battleship (1898-1907) Iéna was ordered in April 1897, and completed in 1902, based on the…
Charlemagne class Battleships (1895)
Charlemagne class Battleships (1899) France (1894-1900) Charlemagne, Saint Louis, Gaulois The Charlemagne class Battleships were three French “pre-dreadnoughts” ordered in…
WW1 French Battleships
WW1 French Battleships France, 40 Battleships (1888-1917) The Design of French Battleships France invented the concept of sea going ironclad…
Battleship Hoche (1886)
Battleship Hoche (1886) France (1881-90) – France’s ‘Grand Hotel’ The Hoche is now as then, the supreme ugly ducking in…
WW1 French Cruisers
WW1 French Cruisers France (1870-1912) – About 60 cruisers The armoured cruiser Condé, from the Gloire class, seen from the…
