Category: WW1 French Navy
Charles Martel class Battleships (1891)
France (1891-95) Brennus, Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Carnot, Masséna, Bouvet “A navy of prototypes” Prior to 1890, France, still Britain’s main…
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…
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…
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…
Danton class Battleships (1909)
France (1909) Condorcet, Danton, Diderot, Mirabeau, Vergniaud, Voltaire France’s last pre-dreadnought battleships The six Dantons were the last French pre-dreadnoughts….
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…
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…
Dunois class Torpedo Cruisers (1897)
Dunois class Torpedo Cruisers (1897) France (1897) – Dunois, La Hire A strange mix of characteristics The Torpedo Cruiser was…
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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