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Ten '''''Provence'' class ironclads''' were completed for the [[French Navy]] during the second half of the 1860s.
Ten '''''Provence'' class ironclads''' were completed for the [[French Navy]] during the second half of the 1860s.
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 10 vessels
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! align=center | Laid Down
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| {{FR-1Flandre}}
|[[Arsenal de Cherbourg]]
|21 Jan, 1861
|12 Jun, 1864
|May, 1865
|Broken up 1887
|- align=left
| {{FR-Gauloise}}
|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
|21 Jan, 1861
|26 Apr, 1865
|12 Apr, 1867
|Broken up 1884
|- align=left
| {{FR-Guyenne}}
|[[Arsenal de Rochefort]]
|Mar, 1861
|6 Sep, 1865
|15 Apr, 1866
|Stricken 19 Oct, 1882
|- align=left
| {{FR-Magnanime}}
|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
|27 Feb, 1861
|19 Aug, 1864
|
|Broken up 1883
|- align=left
| {{FR-1Provence}}
|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
|Mar, 1861
|28 Dec, 1865
|
|Broken up 1893
|- align=left
| {{FR-Revanche}}
|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
|Mar, 1861
|28 Dec, 1865
|1 May, 1867
|Sold 1893
|- align=left
| {{FR-Savoie}}
|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
|Mar, 1861
|29 Sep, 1863
|
|Broken up 1889
|- align=left
| {{FR-Surveillante}}
|[[Arsenal de Lorient]]
|28 Jan, 1861
|18 Aug, 1864
|21 Oct, 1867
|Hulked 1898
|- align=left
| {{FR-Valeureuse}}
|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
|23 May, 1861
|18 Aug, 1864
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|Broken up 1888
|- align=left
| {{FR-Heroine}}
|[[Arsenal de Lorient]]
|10 Jun, 1861
|10 Dec, 1863
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|Hulked 1894
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==Design & Construction==
==Design & Construction==
The ten ''Provence''s were ordered on 16 November, 1860, and were intended as improved versions of the ''Gloire''.  Their design was drawn up by Dupuy de Lôme.  All were wooden-hulled except for the [[Héroïne (1863)|''Héroïne'']], which was built of iron.{{Conways1860|p. 287}}
The ten units were ordered on 16 November, 1860, and were intended as improved versions of the {{FR-Gloire}}.  Their design was drawn up by Dupuy de Lôme.  All were wooden-hulled except for the {{FR-Heroine}}, which was built of iron.{{Conways1860|p. 287}}


==Performance==
==Performance==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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fatedate=1898<ref>[http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_f_F4.html la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées]</ref>
fatedate=1898<ref>[http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_f_F4.html la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 27 May 2016

Ten Provence class ironclads were completed for the French Navy during the second half of the 1860s.

Design & Construction

The ten units were ordered on 16 November, 1860, and were intended as improved versions of the Template:FR-Gloire. Their design was drawn up by Dupuy de Lôme. All were wooden-hulled except for the Héroïne, which was built of iron.[1]

Performance

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 287.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Provence Class Ironclads
Flandre Gauloise Guyenne Magnanime Provence
Revanche Savoie Surveillante Valeureuse Héroïne
<– Couronne Ironclads (FR) Onondaga –>
<– Couronne Battleships (FR) Brennus –>



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