Category: WW1 French Navy
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…
Battleship Henri IV (1899)
France (1899) – France’s strangest pre-dreadnought Background The French Navy was under the influence of the ‘Jeune Ecole‘ (‘Young School’)…
WW1 French Escorts
WW1 French Escorts France (1893) French ASW warfare during the great war Because of the considerable maritime traffic amount between…
WW1 French Submarines
WW1 French Submarines About 80 submersibles 1865-1919 Introduction As a matter of fact, submarines like aviation had many fathers. Although…
Armoured Cruiser Dupuy de Lôme (1890)
Armoured Cruiser Dupuy de Lôme (1890) France (1890) – Armoured Cruiser The cruiser Dupuy de Lôme was not only the…
WW1 French Destroyers
WW1 French Destroyers France (1899-1918), about 90 destroyers Foreworld After having turned hundreds of torpedo boats in two decades under…
Charles Martel class Battleships (1891)
Charles Martel class Battleships (1891) France (1891-95) Brennus, Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Carnot, Masséna, Bouvet “A navy of prototypes” Prior to…
WW1 French Torpedo Boats
WW1 French Torpedo Boats 350 Torpedo Boats (1870s-1914) Introduction: French doctrine about TBs The French did not invented the torpedo…
WW1 French Battlecruisers (Projects)
WW1 French Battlecruisers (Projects) Paper projects (1913) French what-if battlecruisers A bit provocative in its title, this article is dedicated…