French Armored Warship Design
1850 - 1916:    Navigation Console

 Hot News! Discovery of the Danton
1909 Battleship Sunk in World War I
Found in the Mediterranean Feb. 2009

 Le Napoléon:
First Screw-Driven Battleship (1850)

 La Gloire:
First Seagoing Ironclad Warship (1858)

 The Magenta Class:
Ironclad Ship of the Line (1862)

 Le Rédoutable:
Central Battery Ship (1876)

 The Amiral Duperré Class (1878/1888)

 Dupuy de Lôme and
French Armored Cruiser Design (1878-1900)

 Le Marceau:
Last French Barbette Ship (1881)

 Le Brennus:
Trend Setter (1896)

 Le Jauréguiberry:
Pride of the Marine Nationale (1897)

 Le Masséna:
Battleship from Mars (1898)

 Le Bouvet (1898)

 Le Henri IV
Coast Defense Battleship (1902)

 Le Suffren:
Catching up to the British (1903)

 The Later French
Armored Cruisers (1902 - 1911)

 Le Republique:
Revolutionary Change (1903)

 Le Danton:
Advanced Pre-Dreadnought (1909)

 Le Courbet:
First French Dreadnought (1913)

 Le Provence:
WWI Super-dreadnought (1916)

 Global Site Nav