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FRANCE.
The following is a list of the 62 ironclads of the French navy, with nominal horse-power, number of guns, and, when given, strength of crew, at the end of 1869. The nominal horse-power of each vessel is calculated, after a rule which came into effect the 1st of January, 1867, on the basis of a fourth of the utmost power attainable by the engine, or, as officially described ' le quart du nombre de chevaux de 75 kilogrammetres que la machine est susceptible de developper, a toute puissance, sur les pistons moteurs.' Each vessel of the French navy is supposed to belong to one of the five great ' divisions maritimes ' of the Empire, namely, 1. Cherbourg; 2. Brest; 3. Lorient ; 4. Rochefort ; and 5. Toulon ; and in the following list the initial letter preceding the name of each ironclad denotes the division on the register of which it stands : —
Division
Maritime
Classes
Nominal Horse- power
Number of Guns
Crew
Vaisseaux cuirassees : —
c.
Magenta .....
900
10
684
L.
Solferino .....
Frigates cuirassees : —
900
52
765
L.
Friedland (4 turrets)
950
12
—
T.
Marengo (4 turrets)
950
12
—
B.
Ocean (4 turrets) .
950
12
—
C.
Suffren (4 turrets) .
950
12
—
C.
Blandre .
900
13
594
B.
Gauloise
900
17
594
B.
Guyenne
900
17
594
T.
Heroine
900
17
594
B.
Magnanime
. 1 900
14
594
T.
Provence
I 900
16
594
T.
Revanche
900
17
594
T.
Savoie .
900
17
594
L.
Sveillurante
900
16
594
B.
Valeureuse
900
17
594
L.
Couronne
800
10
600
T.
Gloire .
800
32
570
T.
Invincible
800
32
570
C.
Normandie
800
28
570
Corvettes cuirassees : —
L.
Alma ......
450
12
310
E.
Armide .....
450
12
310
C.
Atalanta (2 turrets)
450
12
310
T.
Belliqueuse ....
450
10
300
C.
Jeanne d'Arc ....
450
12
310
B.
Lagalissonniere (2 turrets)
500
12
310
R.
Montcalm (2 turrets)
450
12
310
L.
Beine Blanche (2 turrets)
450
12
310
T.
Thetis .
450
12
310
