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Amiral Baudin class ironclad

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Name
  
Amiral Baudin class

Preceded by
  
Terrible class

Type
  
Battleship

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Marceau class

Displacement
  
12,150 tonnes

Amiral Baudin-class ironclad

The Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. The class comrpised two ships; Amiral Baudin and Formidable.

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Design and history

The two ships of the class were built to a design similar to that of Amiral Duperré, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only. They were upgraded with armoured masts carrying small guns.

Ships

  • Amiral Baudin
    • Builder: BrestOrdered:Launched: 5 June 1883Fate: Broken up in 1910
  • Formidable
    • Builder: LorientOrdered: 13 December 1878Launched: 16 April 1885Fate: Broken up 1910

    References

    Amiral Baudin-class ironclad Wikipedia
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