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Brennus, built in the late 19th century, was the first pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. During this period, the French Navy experimented with the Jeune École, which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and cruisers instead of the expensive ironclad warships that had dominated naval construction in the 1860s and 1870s, and so the navy ordered a series of experimental designs to ...
This is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale before the French Revolution established a republic) were categorised as vaisseaux (literally "vessels") as distinguished from lesser warships such as frigates (frégates).
This is a list of French battleships of the period 1410–1639: [1] ... French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates ...
The French Navy pioneered several innovations in naval technology, including the first steam-powered ship of the line, first seagoing ironclad warship, first mechanically propelled submarine, first steel-hulled warship, and first armoured cruiser. The French Navy consists of six main components: the Naval Action Force, the Submarine Forces ...
The French Navy were leaders in many areas of warship development, first with incremental improvements upon existing designs with the Commission de Paris, but also pioneering the introduction of several new technologies: steam propulsion, the screw propeller, armour plate protection, steel construction, and protected gun mounts.
The Duguay-Trouin class (French pronunciation: [dyɡɛ tʁuɛ̃]) were the first major French warships built after World War I. They were excellent steamers and proved successful and seaworthy over a quarter century of service. All three achieved 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) on trials and could easily maintain 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) in service.
The French rejected their standard hexagonal configuration for the main armament of the Courbet class. Twelve 305 mm Mle 1910 45- calibre guns were mounted in six twin gun turrets , with two turrets superfiring fore and aft, and one on each flank of the ship.
Redoutable was a central battery and barbette ship of the French Navy. She was the first warship in the world to use steel as the principal building material. [13] She was preceded by the Colbert-class ironclads and was succeeded by Dévastation-class. Compared to iron, steel allowed for greater structural strength for a lower weight.