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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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! align=center | Fate
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| {{FR-1Flandre}}
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|[[Arsenal de Cherbourg]]
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|21 Jan, 1861
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|12 Jun, 1864
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|May, 1865
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|Broken up 1887
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Gauloise}}
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|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
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|21 Jan, 1861
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|26 Apr, 1865
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|12 Apr, 1867
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|Broken up 1884
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Guyenne}}
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|[[Arsenal de Rochefort]]
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|Mar, 1861
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|6 Sep, 1865
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|15 Apr, 1866
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|Stricken 19 Oct, 1882
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Magnanime}}
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|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
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|27 Feb, 1861
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|19 Aug, 1864
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|
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|Broken up 1883
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-1Provence}}
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|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
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|Mar, 1861
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|28 Dec, 1865
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|
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|Broken up 1893
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| {{FR-Revanche}}
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|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
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|Mar, 1861
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|28 Dec, 1865
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|1 May, 1867
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|Sold 1893
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Savoie}}
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|[[Arsenal de Toulon]]
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|Mar, 1861
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|29 Sep, 1863
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|
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|Broken up 1889
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Surveillante}}
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|[[Arsenal de Lorient]]
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|28 Jan, 1861
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|18 Aug, 1864
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|21 Oct, 1867
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|Hulked 1898
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Valeureuse}}
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|[[Arsenal de Brest]]
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|23 May, 1861
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|18 Aug, 1864
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|Broken up 1888
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|- align=left
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| {{FR-Heroine}}
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|[[Arsenal de Lorient]]
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|10 Jun, 1861
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|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}}
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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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Latest revision as of 12:26, 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
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